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Technological Transitions and System Innovations
Frank W. Geels
This important book addresses how long term and large scale shifts from one socio-technical system to another come about, using insights from evolutionary economics, sociology of technology and innovation studies. These major changes inv...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories
Edited by Philip Cooke, Andrea Piccaluga
Today, the study of regions is central to academic analysis and policy deliberation on how to respond to the rise of the knowledge economy. Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories illustrates how newer types of regional analysis – u...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Technology Diffusion and Energy Efficiency
Peter Mulder
Technological change plays a crucial role in realizing energy efficiency improvements and, therefore, in ameliorating the conflict between economic growth and environmental quality. However, the diffusion of new technologies can prove a ... -
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Technology, Knowledge and the Firm
Edited by Ken Green, Marcela Miozzo, Paul Dewick
There is a long-standing tradition of research that highlights the importance of differences in the organizational and technological capabilities of firms and their effect on economic performance. This book expands on this theme by explo...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Foreign Firms, Technological Capabilities and Economic Performance
Rajah Rasiah
This book employs novel techniques to compare technological capabilities and economic performance in seven countries at varying stages of industrial development: Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, South Africa and Uganda. Th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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System Innovation and the Transition to Sustainability
Edited by Boelie Elzen, Frank W. Geels, Ken Green
This book considers two main questions: how do system innovations or transitions come about and how can they be influenced by different actors, in particular by governments. The authors identify the theories which can be used to conceptu...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Technological Learning
Gillian M. Marcelle
This book investigates how individual firms in developing countries undertake technological learning and capability building (TCB) efforts and explains why some developing country firms are world-class and others struggle with these impo...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Innovation, Growth and Social Cohesion
Bengt-Åke Lundvall
Written by the scholar who, together with Chris Freeman, first introduced the concept of the innovation system, this book brings the literature an important step forward. Based upon extraordinarily rich empirical material, it shows how a...eBook:Find out more$59.96
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Knowledge Spillovers and Knowledge Management
Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Per Flensburg, Sven-Åke Hörte
This book reveals the key importance, in terms of international competitiveness, of firms’ capability to adapt to, and develop, new technologies. At the same time, the authors argue that the sheer complexity of emerging technologies is s...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Innovation, Space and Economic Development
Peter Nijkamp
This collection brings together Peter Nijkamp’s work in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship, growth and spatial development. -
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Location, Travel and Information Technology
Peter Nijkamp
This important book collects together Peter Nijkamp’s work on spatial-economic markets, particularly housing and labour markets, and the increasing impact of information technology on mobility and the location of firms, residents and job... -
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European Policies for a Knowledge Economy
Maria João Rodrigues
European Policies for a Knowledge Economy explores the information society and research and education policies which are being combined to build a stronger knowledge base, and enhance the growth potential of Europe via economic reforms, ...
