Borsos, Á. (2008). The life cycle of the narrow-film cinemas as an innovation. Modern Geográfia, 3(2), 46–70.
Relying on some of the important results of modern researches which emanate from Schumter’s theory of innovation processes Kovács (2004) accentuates: ’The social and economic actors can influence the fate of innovation with their selective behavior: their attitude can be supportive, neutral or obstructive.’ ’The mechanisms for social selection are present during each phase of the innovation process and of the life cycle of a technology.’ Referring to Huber (2001) he emphasizes: ’… the logic of a selection process is substantially different in market-oriented and in centralized systems. In a transition economy the selection processes of both market-oriented and bureaucratic control can be present in a certain combination which may change from time to time.’ The present study is an attempt to confront the above theory with practice, examining the life cycle of the narrow-film network in Hungary