Soft Technology: The Space and Substance of Innovation: The Space and Substance of Innovation

Author: Jin Zhouying
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: In this unique book, Soft Technology, Professor Jin Zhouying calls for "returning to the original point of Plato's technology," emphasizing the rationality and importance of understanding and developing software technology. Ancient Greek philosopher Plato categorized technology into two major types: "acquisition techniques" and "manufacturing techniques." The former includes learning techniques, knowledge acquisition techniques, profit acquisition techniques, as well as techniques for combat and hunting. The latter includes agricultural techniques, medical techniques, architectural techniques, and techniques for producing production tools and artworks. Through an analysis of the modern technological system and an examination of the history of technology over thousands of years, the author advocates returning to Plato's understanding and classification of technology.
Leveraging the concept of "soft technology," this book establishes a broad framework for innovation, proposing that soft technology is another engine driving socioeconomic development. It explores, from a fresh perspective, the spatial and essence of innovation, the relationship between institutional innovation and technological innovation, the connection between technological competitiveness and hard and soft environments, the essence of the gap between developed and developing countries, soft technology and the fourth-generation technology intelligence service industry, cultural industries, social industries, and other soft technology industries. Additionally, it addresses how to create new business models and corporate management models.