Technology Policy: The Implementation of Innovation as a Tool of Economic Development

Abstract

In the US and Europe of the last century and generally even in our times, from the point of viewers of public opinion the manager symbolized the successful entrepreneur, the businessman, and served as a synonym of the man of action, the creator of the material basis of society, a clever and active social actor, confident and daring, subjecting technological means and people to his own will, but at the same time, reasonable, acting according to the norms accepted in his society, not neglecting his own benefit either. His pattern of behavior, his judgments and decisions, although sometimes new, generally were not out of line and remained within the range understandable and acceptable for the society and thus could be evaluated and predicted. This led to the emergence of conventions, stereotyped procedures, routine methods even in the activity of the economic entrepreneurs.