TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Politics of safe sports technologies: an analysis of the innovation system for artificial turfs in football (soccer)
JO  - Sports Technology
A1  - Timpka, Toomas
SP  - 267
EP  - 276
VL  - 1
IS  - 6
N2  - Actor network theory was applied to investigate how safety is highlighted and managed in the innovation systems where third-generation artificial turfs for football are developed. Mediator sites located between macro- and micro-level networks in the innovation system were found to play a central role in the assurance of turf safety. At these sites, practical experiences and formal knowledge is cooperatively developed and shared with both policy makers in the macro-level network and sports-persons from local communities. The reward systems for information sharing "up-stream" and "down-stream" from the mediator sites were however radically different. To better manage safety in the artificial turf innovation system, international and national football associations and clubs have to establish a common reward system and a shared action agenda.<p />
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SN  - 1934-6182
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jst.66
ID  - ref1
ER  -