{"title":"Vivien Walsh","description":"\u003cp\u003eVivien Walsh’s works explore the dynamic intersection of education and modern challenges, offering insightful perspectives on innovation and adaptation. Readers can expect thoughtful analysis and practical frameworks designed to stimulate progress within educational environments and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a clear focus on fostering change through knowledge, Walsh’s books invite reflection on how demand-driven strategies can reshape learning and development. These titles are ideal for those interested in the evolving landscape of education and its future possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"innovation-by-demand-by-vivien-walsh-9780719082849","title":"Innovation by demand","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe structure and regulation of consumption and demand has recently become of great interest to sociologists and economists alike. At the same time, there is growing interest in trying to understand the patterns and drivers of technological innovation. \u003cem\u003eInnovation by Demand\u003c\/em\u003e, newly available in paperback, brings together a range of sociologists and economists to study the role of demand and consumption in the innovative process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book starts with a broad conceptual overview of ways that the sociological and economics literatures address issues of innovation, demand, and consumption. It goes on to offer different approaches to the economics of demand and innovation through an evolutionary framework, before reviewing how consumption fits into evolutionary models of economic development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFood consumption is then looked at as an example of innovation by demand, including an examination of the dynamic nature of socially-constituted consumption routines. The book includes a number of illuminating case studies, such as an analysis of how black Americans use consumption to express collective identity, and a number of demand-innovation relationships within matrices or chains of producers and users, or other actors. These include service industries like security, and the environmental performance of companies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe involvement of consumers in innovation is discussed, including an analysis of how consumer needs may be incorporated in the design of high-tech products. The final chapter argues for the need to build an economic sociology of demand that spans from micro-individual through to macro-structural features.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596676186348,"sku":"9780719082849","price":52.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780719082849-innovation-by-demand.jpg?v=1777935155"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/vivien-walsh.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}