Many technology studies have conceptualized transitions between technological
generations as a series of S-curve performance improvements over time. Surprisingly, the …

This paper adopts a standard-related lens on technology trajectory to analyse the mobile
telecommunication technology choices beyond the third generation (3G) in one of the …

The expedite to network economy during the COVID-19 pandemic has raised the question of
how to induce and sustain a societal and industrial transformation towards a more …

This article investigates transitions at the level of societal functions (eg, transport,
communication, housing). Societal functions are fulfilled by sociotechnical systems, which …

This thesis is about Technological Transitions (TT), which are long-term and large-scale
changes in socio-technical systems at the level of societal functions (eg transportation …

Studies of socio-technical transitions have often focused on niche emergence or on the
interaction of niche and regime technologies in a 'single-sector'setting. Such analyses are …

As the newly named Senior Editor of Technological Forecasting & Social Change, I welcome
this opportunity to thank Editor-in-Chief Hal Linstone for being a good friend and mentor …

Many new technologies exhibit clear generational changes. The empirical literature on
technology diffusion traditionally analyses the spread of new technologies generically. We …

Within the domain of Information Systems, assumptions around sociotechnical change
cohesively build on establishing a stable and balanced relationship between the social and …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, grassroots digital innovations (GDIs) have gained traction
as innovation niches, providing an alternative to the prevailing mainstream regime …