2009/07/01 by Philip Faulkner, Jochen Runde · 2 citations
Computer Science · Business, Management and Accounting · Psychology · #Open Source Software Innovations #Innovative Human-Technology Interaction #Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development #Categorization #Function (biology) #Technological change #Identity (music) #Object (grammar) #Neglect #Knowledge management #Sociology #Computer science #Epistemology #Business #Cognitive science #Psychology #Aesthetics #Artificial intelligence
paper · doi:10.5465/amr.2009.40632318
openalex publication_date 2009/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/11
Recent research on user innovation has concentrated on changes in the physical form of the objects concerned to the neglect of changes in their intended use or function. In this paper we advance a theory of the technical identity of a technological object that gives due weight to both its form and its function, and we use this theory to categorize different forms of technological change and to unpack some neglected aspects of user-driven innovations in function.