Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and tables vi
4. Series foreword vii
5. Contributors viii
6. 1 Innovation by demand? An introduction 1
7. 2 Social mechanisms generating demand 10
8. 3 There’s more to the economics of consumption than (almost) unconstrained utility maximisation 23
9. 4 Variety, growth and demand 41
10. 5 Preferences and novelty 56
11. 6 Social routines and the consumption of food 75
12. 7 Social categorisation and group identification 88
13. 8 Hyperembedded demand and uneven innovation 112
14. 9 Greening organisations 129
15. 10 Information and communication technologies and the role of consumers in innovation 151
16. 11 The incorporation of user needs in telecom product design 168
17. 12 Markets, supermarkets and the macro-social shaping of demand 187
18. Index 209