Technological Change in a Spatial Context Theory, Empirical Evidence and Policy

This book represents a selection of contributions to the Regional Science Association, European Summer Institute, held at Arco, Lake of Garda, Italy, from 17th to 23rd July 1988 on the theme of 'Theories and policies of technological development at the local level'. As such it forms a comp...

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Other Authors: Ciciotti, Enrico (Editor), Alderman, Neil (Editor), Thwaites, Alfred (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1990, 1990
Edition:1st ed. 1990
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • I — Theoretical and Conceptual Issues
  • 2 Functional logic and territorial logic and how they inter-relate in the region
  • 3 Innovation diffusion and small firms: between the agency of lifeworld and the structure of systems
  • 4 Technology transfer, technological capability and industrial structure in developing countries
  • 5 The organization variable in developing countries’ industrial development
  • 6 The implications of monopsony for regional technological change
  • 7 Differentiation, entry, innovation in the system of cities
  • II — Methodological Issues
  • 8 The arrival of new activities and the dual forward-looking edition of the (improved) Leontief dynamic inverse
  • 9 Methodological issues in the development of predictive models of innovation diffusion
  • 10 A longitudinal analysis of the growth of firms
  • III — Regional Issues: Some Empirical Evidence
  • 11 A study of the performance and technology level of manufacturing industry in Danish regions 1972–1981
  • 12 Interaction of income generation capacity and technology in the regions of Hungary
  • 13 Locational and technological factors in rural industrialization: a comparative investigation
  • 14 Regional differences and determinants of entrepreneurial innovation — empirical results of an Austrian case study
  • 15 Innovation diffusion, innovation acquisition and path dependency in traditional sectors: an empirical investigation for the Veneto region of Italy
  • IV — Policy Issues
  • 16 Regional technology trajectories and European research and technology development policies
  • 17 Determinants of the restructuring of Poland’s economy in the 1980s
  • 18 Policies to support innovation in Emilia-Romagna: experiences, prospects and theoretical aspects
  • 19 The changing role of municipalities in Lisbon metropolitan region as a result of technological change
  • List of Contributors