The Networks of (Green) Innovation

The Networks of (Green) Innovation
Andrew Hargadon [Associate Professor of Management and Director of the UC Davis Center for Entrepreneurship, UC Davis]
Abstract
Past technological revolutions as easily misleads as informs our thinking about the role of innovation today. Professor Hargadon presents historical research that integrates technological, economic, and social explanations of the three most significant energy innovations since the first industrial revolution: the steam engine, electricity, and the automobile. From these historic case studies, he develops recommendations for the science-based innovation, entrepreneurship, and public policy.




Biography
Andrew Hargadon is Associate Professor of Technology Management at the Graduate School of Management, founding Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, and founding Director (now Associate Director) of the Energy Efficiency Center at UC Davis. He is author of over 40 papers and reports on technology and innovation (including the book How Breakthroughs Happen, Harvard Business School Press). Prior to his academic career, Professor Hargadon earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Stanford's School of Engineering and worked for Apple Computer as a product designer. He sits on the board of several energy technology-based startups as well as the non-profit Clean Energy Group.

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