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Which industry is not a technology industry according to you? And which companies would survive another century without becoming a technology company?
by lowdose 7y ago
Which industry is not a technology industry according to you? And which companies would survive another century without becoming a technology company?
- dredmorbius 7y agoThere are lo-tech spaces, and a great many which are not, or avoid high technology, which is what most people. mean by "tech sector", if not the even narrower band of "high information technology". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_tech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_tech Particularly the cited reference, the OECD definition: Hatzichronoglou, Thomas: "Revision of the High-Technology Sector and Product Classification", OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, No. 1997/02, OECD Publishing, Paris. https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-technology/revision-of-the-high-technology-sector-and-product-classification_134337307632 https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-technology/revisi... Page 7 specifically divides industries into four technology levels, high, medium-high, medium low, and low. Given J.S. Mill's wonderful definition of technology, 'the study of means", there's little in human activity which is ccompletely atechnological. There remains, however, much that is quite some remove from the cutting edge. In the technology adoption lifecycle, high tech are innovators. An early-adopter firm is itself still not high tech itself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_adoption_life_cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_adoption_life_cycle