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focusing devices: a standalone construct

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Economic history

technical bottlenecks, strikes and resource scarcities that direct inventors' attention to particular problems and shape the direction of technological change.

In economic history, focusing devices refers to technical bottlenecks, strikes and resource scarcities that direct inventors' attention to particular problems and shape the direction of technological change. This meaning comes from Rosenberg (1969) in Economic Development and Cultural Change.[1]

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References

Rosenberg, N. (1969). The Direction of Technological Change: Inducement Mechanisms and Focusing Devices. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 18(1, Part 1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1086/450399

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