Markets in the Making - Rethinking Competition, Goods, and Innovation av Michel Callon, Olivia Custer, Martha Poon

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<p><b>Slicing through blunt theories of supply and demand, Callon presents a rigorously researched but counterintuitive model of how everyday market activity gets produced.</b><br><br>If you¿re convinced you know what a market is, think again. In his long-awaited study, French sociologist and engineer Michel Callon takes us to the heart of markets, to the unsung processes that allow innovations to become robust products and services. <i>Markets in the Making</i> begins with the observation that stable commercial transactions are more enigmatic, more elusive, and more involved than previously described by economic theory. Slicing through blunt theories of supply and demand, Callon presents a rigorously researched but counterintuitive model of market activity that emphasizes what people designing products or launching startups soon discover¿the inherent difficulties of connecting individuals to things. Callon¿s model is founded upon the notion of ¿singularization,¿ the premise that goods