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Polarisation Et Internationalisation Des Activites D'Innovation : Incidences Sur La Specialisation Technologique Des Nations

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  • Rémi LALLEMENT

    (Commissariat Général du Plan)

  • El Mouhoub MOUHOUD

    (CEPN, Université Paris 13 et Commissariat Général du Plan)

  • Sandrine PAILLARD

    (CEPN, Université Paris 13 et Commissariat Général du Plan)

Abstract

At the level of both national and local territories, the cumulative processes of the technological specialization of countries accompany the tendency towards a spatial polarization of innovative activities. Until the eighties, the technological specialization of regions was not thwarted by the process of globalization, since firms integrated their innovative activities in their home country. However, since the nineties, the establishment of R&D activities abroad partly corresponds to consideration concerning the access to competences. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the globalization of technology will have destabilizing effects on the technological specialization profiles of countries. Our contention is that it will not, as countries are the latter being strongly path-dependent since innovation and production systems remain deeply rooted in territories. In this perspective, the process of globalization will rather deepen the cognitive dimension of the international division of labor.

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  • Rémi LALLEMENT & El Mouhoub MOUHOUD & Sandrine PAILLARD, 2002. "Polarisation Et Internationalisation Des Activites D'Innovation : Incidences Sur La Specialisation Technologique Des Nations," Region et Developpement, Region et Developpement, LEAD, Universite du Sud - Toulon Var, vol. 16, pages 17-54.
    • Handle: RePEc:tou:journl:v:16:y:2002:p:17-54
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    1. Raphaël Chiappini, 2014. "Persistence vs. mobility in industrial and technological specialisations: evidence from 11 Euro area countries," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 24(1), pages 159-187, January.

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    Keywords

    INNOVATION; MONDIALISATION; SPECIALISATION; POLARISATION;
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    JEL classification:

    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business

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