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Efficience, irréversibilités et constitution des technologies

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  • Marc Willinger
  • Ehud Zuscovitch

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[fre] C'est l'exigence de l'efficience du dispositif matériel qui est également la source de l'irréversibilité fondamentale de l'évolution technologique. Une fois appréhendée dans ses dimensions allocatives et cumulatives, la prise en compte de l'irréversibilité permet d'approfondir la compréhension du processus de développement des technologies. On peut alors mieux situer les concepts qui sont apparus dans la littérature récente sur ce sujet comme ceux de paradigme technologique, compétition technologique, rendements d'adoption, etc.. Cette mise au point permet également de donner à ces concepts une signification économique plus précise et, en ce sens, définir leur champ d'application. [eng] The fundamental irreversibility of the technological evolution is related in this paper to the efficiency requirement made to the material device in which the technology is embodied. When we distinguish between the allocative and cumulative dimensions of this irreversibility it is possible to obtain a better analytical grasp of the technology development process. It is then possible to better locate some of the recent concepts that appeared in the literature on the subject like technological paradigms, technological competition and increasing returns to adoption. This in turn endows these concepts with a more precise economic content and enable us to use them more accurately.

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  • Marc Willinger & Ehud Zuscovitch, 1993. "Efficience, irréversibilités et constitution des technologies," Revue d'Économie Industrielle, Programme National Persée, vol. 65(1), pages 7-22.
    • Handle: RePEc:prs:recind:rei_0154-3229_1993_num_65_1_1485
    DOI: 10.3406/rei.1993.1485
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