1979
DOI: 10.2307/3103115
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The Electrification of America: The System Builders

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“…13 Za przykład posłużyć mogą tu Włochy, gdzie uprzemysłowiona północ najbardziej ucierpiała w wyniku walk, a tamtejsi przemysłowcy radzili sobie z restauracją swych zakładów i zmianami profilu działalności z przeznaczonego dla potrzeb militarnych na zaopatrzenie cywilne. 16 .…”
Section: Okres Dynamicznej Elektryfikacjiunclassified
“…13 Za przykład posłużyć mogą tu Włochy, gdzie uprzemysłowiona północ najbardziej ucierpiała w wyniku walk, a tamtejsi przemysłowcy radzili sobie z restauracją swych zakładów i zmianami profilu działalności z przeznaczonego dla potrzeb militarnych na zaopatrzenie cywilne. 16 .…”
Section: Okres Dynamicznej Elektryfikacjiunclassified
“…Bass, 1990;Kingdon 1995) the idea of a transformation needs instead to be initiated by a key person in a position and with the ability to persuade policy makers, at a precise time when those in power are open to new ideas. Key individuals are also assumed to be particularly important in the initial phases of technical transformations, referred to as system builders (Hughes, 1979), by creating legitimacy, mobilizing resources and unifying diversity (Giddens 1984;Carlsson and Jacobsson, 1997).…”
Section: Transforming Dumps Into Gold Minesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Information infrastructures as large technology systems (Hughes, 1979;Hughes, 1987) cannot satisfactorily be treated in isolation from organizational, economic, and political matters. They do not only have to be related to this wider context to work and grow, but they are also a product of it.…”
Section: Politics Of Representationmentioning
confidence: 99%