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Technological Change and Regional Development in the UK: Evidence from the SPRU Database on Innovations

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R. I. D. Harris

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HARRIS R. I. D. (1988) Technological change and regional development in the UK; evidence from the SPRU database on innovations, Reg. Studies 22, 361--374. This paper makes use of a unique data source--the SPRU survey of significant innovations--to show the overwhelming dominance of the South East region in terms of its innovative activities over the period 1945--83. It has also been possible to highlight the effect of industrial structure on innovativeness on the move, over time, towards proportionately more innovations being developed in plants that are externally owned, with an associated loss in the share of innovations coming from the peripheral regions of the UK, and the relative dependence of the peripheral regions on process innovations. HARRIS R. I. D. (1988) Mutation technologique et développement régional au Royaume-Uni: des preuves provenant de la banque de données de SPRU sur les innovations, Reg. Studies 22, 361--374. Cet article se sert d'une banque de données exceptionnelle (l'enquete menée par SPRU sur les innovations-clé) afin de mettre au jour la dominance écrasante du Sud-Est en termes de ses activités innovatrices, sur la période de 1945 à 1983. En outre il a été possible de souligner l'impact de la structure industrielle sur la capacité innovatrice; sur la tendance dans le temps vers le développement d'une proportion plus importante d'innovations dans des établissements sous contrôle extérieur, conjointement avec une perte résultante de la part des innovations provenant des régions périphériques du Royaume-Uni; et sur la dépendance relative des régions périphériques de l'innovation de procédés. HARRIS R. I. D. (1988) Technologischer Wandel und regionale Entwicklung im Vereinigten Königreich: Beweis von der SPRU Datenbank betreffs Neuerungen, Reg. Studies 22, 361--374. Diese Abhandlung bedient sich einer einzigartigen Datenquelle--der SPRU Gutachten über bedeutsame Neuerungen--um die ausgesprochene Vorherrschaft des Südostens des Landes in Bezug auf seine Aktivität auf dem Gebiete von Innovationen im Zeitraum 1945--83 aufzuzeigen. Darüber hinaus war es möglich, die Auswirkung industrieller Struktur auf Innovationsfähigkeit herauszustellen, die Tendenz, im Laufe der Zeit verhältnismäsig mehr Neuerungen in Betrieben zu entwickeln, die sich im Aussenbesitz befinden, dem anteilmässig ein Verlust an Innovationen seitens der Gebiete an der Peripherie des Vereinigten Königreiches entspricht, sowie die relative Abhängigkeit dieser Randgebiete von Innovationen auf dem Gebiet der Produktionsprozesse.

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Volume (Year): 22 (1988)
Issue (Month): 5 (October)
Pages: 361-374
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