Why promising technologies fail: the neglected role of user innovation during adoption
The paper analyses innovation histories of two agro-mechanical and two seed-based technologies with high and low technological complexity, introduced into simple and complex farming systems in Asia. The main conclusion, which may be seen as a hypothesis for further testing, is that, as technology an...
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2001
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96907 |
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| author | Douthwaite, Boru Keatinge, J.D.H. Park, J.R. |
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| description | The paper analyses innovation histories of two agro-mechanical and two seed-based technologies with high and low technological complexity, introduced into simple and complex farming systems in Asia. The main conclusion, which may be seen as a hypothesis for further testing, is that, as technology and system complexity increase so does the need for interaction between the originating R&D team and the key stakeholders (those who will directly gain and lose from the innovation) when the latter first replicate and use the new technology. This is because a successful technology represents a synthesis of the researcher and key stakeholder knowledge sets, and creating this synthesis requires more iteration and negotiation as complexity increases. Instead of assuming a new technology is ‘finished’ when it leaves the research institute, a more effective way of developing complex technologies is for the R&D team to release them as soon as the key stakeholders will adopt, and then nurture the technology’s continued development in partnership with the key stakeholders. |
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| spelling | CGSpace969072024-04-25T06:01:41Z Why promising technologies fail: the neglected role of user innovation during adoption Douthwaite, Boru Keatinge, J.D.H. Park, J.R. technology innovation farming systems stakeholders The paper analyses innovation histories of two agro-mechanical and two seed-based technologies with high and low technological complexity, introduced into simple and complex farming systems in Asia. The main conclusion, which may be seen as a hypothesis for further testing, is that, as technology and system complexity increase so does the need for interaction between the originating R&D team and the key stakeholders (those who will directly gain and lose from the innovation) when the latter first replicate and use the new technology. This is because a successful technology represents a synthesis of the researcher and key stakeholder knowledge sets, and creating this synthesis requires more iteration and negotiation as complexity increases. Instead of assuming a new technology is ‘finished’ when it leaves the research institute, a more effective way of developing complex technologies is for the R&D team to release them as soon as the key stakeholders will adopt, and then nurture the technology’s continued development in partnership with the key stakeholders. 2001-05 2018-08-24T15:01:29Z 2018-08-24T15:01:29Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96907 en Limited Access Elsevier Douthwaite, B., Keatinge, J.D.H. & Park, J.R. (2001). Why promising technologies fail: the neglected role of user innovation during adoption. Research Policy, 30(5), 819-836. |
| spellingShingle | technology innovation farming systems stakeholders Douthwaite, Boru Keatinge, J.D.H. Park, J.R. Why promising technologies fail: the neglected role of user innovation during adoption |
| title | Why promising technologies fail: the neglected role of user innovation during adoption |
| title_full | Why promising technologies fail: the neglected role of user innovation during adoption |
| title_fullStr | Why promising technologies fail: the neglected role of user innovation during adoption |
| title_full_unstemmed | Why promising technologies fail: the neglected role of user innovation during adoption |
| title_short | Why promising technologies fail: the neglected role of user innovation during adoption |
| title_sort | why promising technologies fail the neglected role of user innovation during adoption |
| topic | technology innovation farming systems stakeholders |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96907 |
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