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

• Main Author: Mölleryd, Bengt G.
• Format: Doctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Marknadsföring, Distributionsekonomi och Industriell Dynamik (D) 1999
• Subjects: Entreprenuership; Innovation; Mobile telephony; Mobility; Technological systems; Users; Entreprenörskap > Sverige; Telekommunikationsindustri > Sverige; Business studies; Företagsekonomi
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-633; http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:91-7258-523-4

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. === Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögsk.