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Entrepreneurship in technological systems : the development of mobile telephony in Sweden
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Entrepreneurship in technological systems : the development of mobile telephony in Sweden

Bengt G. Mölleryd
Economic Research Institute, Stockholm School of Economics (EFI)
Doctor of Philosophy (PHD), Stockholm School of Economics
1999

Abstract

This dissertation relates and analysis the development of the Swedish mobile telephone industry from 1950-98. Based on a research of entrepreneurial theories three forms of entrepreneurship are formulated, the individual as entrepreneur, the company as entrepreneur, and the network as entrepreneur. The mobile telephone industry is seen as a technological system incorporating a broad spectrum of participants, and the account analysis how the entrepreneurs carry out different types of innovations. It starts out as a technical project, with market related innovations becoming a greater force in the final phase. The source of entrepreneurship varies over time and the individual plays a significant role early on while the network becomes of a greater importance as the system develops.
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