Oxford Scholarship Online: Flexibility and Stability in the Innovating Economy

Flexibility and Stability in the Innovating Economy McKelvey, Maureen Professor of the Economics of Innovation, Department of Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Holmén, Magnus Research Fellow, Austalian National University Print publication date: 2006 (this edition) Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2006 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-929047-5
2 The New Craft Skills of Engineering: The Impact of Innovation Technology on Engineering Practice doi:10.1093/0199290474.003.0002 Mark Dodgson David M. Gann Ammon Salter Abstract: This chapter explores the impact of innovation technologies such as simulation, modelling, and rapid prototyping on engineering practice. Innovation technologies help redefine the role of engineers in the innovation process, creating a new division of innovative labour both with and across organizations. This chapter also explores the boundaries of experimentation and inertia within particular domains of problem-solving to create new opportunities and value. Keywords: simulation, modelling, rapid prototyping, engineering, inertia, innovation,