Under normal conditions scientific innovations (change of paradigm) need up to 25 and more years to take place. The process of change has 4 phases. A professional innovation management could substancially reduce the time to market – even for scientific theories (theories taken as intangible products – tools for mind).
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Thomas Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Gerhard R. Hochuli: Das Wesen wissenschaftlicher Revolution