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2. Innovation as Multifocal Development of Social Practice - The next chapter introduces some main concepts and assumptions that underlie the present work.3. Inventing the Web - The third chapter is a quick first take on making these concepts more concrete. 4. The Making of the Internet - The fourth chapter moves from recent history back in time, describing the early phases of the evolution of the Internet. 5. Analysis of the Early Phase of Internet Development - The fifth chapter summarizes the early history of the Internet and describes the various technological frames that generated the basic innovations of computer networking. 6. Socio-Cognitive Spaces of Innovation and Meaning Creation - The sixth chapter returns to the topic of communities. 7. Breaking through a Technological Frame - Chapter 7 argues that there are two distinctive ways that new communities and new technological practices can emerge. 8. Combination and Specialization in the Evolution of the Internet - Using these theoretical concepts, Chapter 8 then returns to the history of the Internet. 9. Retrospection and Attribution in the History of Arpanet and the Internet - Chapter 9 picks up one aspect of this history, which is an interesting topic for both innovation studies and policy. 10. Learning from Linux - Chapter 10, finally, returns to the case of Linux. It describes both social and technological evolution of Linux and its development community. 11. Concluding Remarks - The last chapter puts the open source model of technology development in a broader perspective, and discusses the cultural and value system that underlies open source. Download free networking ebook: Networks of Innovation
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2. Innovation as Multifocal Development of Social Practice - The next chapter introduces some main concepts and assumptions that underlie the present work.