Associations for disruptiveness: The Pirate Bay vs. Spotify
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Bjorn Remneland Wikhamn [1] ; David Knights [2]
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[1] University of Gothenburg
University of Gothenburg
Suecia
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[2] Lancaster University
Lancaster University
Lancaster, Reino Unido
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- Localización: Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, ISSN-e 0718-2724, Vol. 11, Nº. 3, 2016, págs. 40-49
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Most studies on disruptive innovations adopt technology-centric assumptions when explaining how industries are affected by a technology’s creative destruction. This paper argues that the power of a technology lies in how it performatively associates with the cultural and social norms of the wider society. Hence, a technology is not disruptive or sustaining in itself but is potentially a productive outcome of network linkages with other social and material elements. To illustrate this claim, two digital music services will be analyzed, respectively a misfit and a maverick both challenging mainstream providers of music – The Pirate Bay and Spotify – in relation to each other and how they are positioned toward the transformation of the music industry as a whole.
