Technology Transfer and Industrial Change in Europe

This book critically examines the phenomenon and the consequences of the increasing inter-dependence between industry, universities and national laboratories. It explores the contrasts and similarities between the patterns of formal and informal links in a technologically dynamic industry (electroni...

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Main Author: Smith, Helen Lawton
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2000, 2000
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book critically examines the phenomenon and the consequences of the increasing inter-dependence between industry, universities and national laboratories. It explores the contrasts and similarities between the patterns of formal and informal links in a technologically dynamic industry (electronic components) with those in a traditional industry (flow measurement) in the UK, France and Belgium. It uses evidence from interviews with firms, academics and industry organisations in the three countries to identify the major factors which regulate links
Physical Description:XIII, 281 p online resource
ISBN:9780230595422