The Economics of Localized Technological Change and Industrial Dynamics
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-010-4225-3 (ISBN)
The Economics of Localized Technological Change elaborates the notion of localized technology with respect to firms, factor substitution, sectors, regions and techniques. It also assesses the implications for industrial policy, technology and innovation policy. The book will be of interest to corporate policy makers, scholars of industrial organization and economics of innovation as well as business school students.
1. Introduction: Localized technological change. A survey and critique.- One.- 2. Adjustment costs: Switching versus innovating.- 3. The dynamics of localized technological change. A model incorporating switching costs and R&D expenditures with endowment advantages.- 4. Localized technological change demand pull and productivity growth. A microeconomic model with adjustment costs.- 5. The diffusion of localized technological changes.- 6. Productivity growth and the diffusion of new technological systems. The case of new information technology.- Two.- 7. Localized technological change and industrial organization.- 8. Localized technological change, technical diversity and global market dynamics.- 9. Diversification versus specialization: Generic and localized knowledge.- 10. Networks: Variety and complementarity.- 11. The dynamics of networks.- 12. Conclusions.
Reihe/Serie | Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation ; 3 |
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Zusatzinfo | VII, 183 p. |
Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie | |
ISBN-10 | 94-010-4225-X / 940104225X |
ISBN-13 | 978-94-010-4225-3 / 9789401042253 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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