Download This PaperWho Invented the Elevator?
12 Pages Posted: 26 Nov 2012
Date Written: March 24, 2009
Abstract
No particular individual invented the elevator. The modern elevator came to exist through a combination of evolutionary innovations. Mere mechanical parts were not enough to create the elevator; social “innovation” was needed as well.
Keywords: Innovation, Social Construction of Technology, Elisha Otis, Evolution, Technology
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Rysdyk, Sam, Who Invented the Elevator? (March 24, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2141861 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2141861
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