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On the role of general purpose technologies within the Marshall-Jacobs controversy: The case of nanotechnologies

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  • Menz, Nina
  • Ott, Ingrid

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This paper investigates the role of nanotechnologies as a general purpose technology for regional development. Due to pervasiveness, nanotechnologies may be utilized in diverse applications thereby providing the basis for both localization and urbanization externalities. We carry out patent and publication analyses for the city state of Hamburg during the period 1990-2010. We find evidence that nanotechnologies are advanced in the context of regional knowledge bases and follow up prevailing specialization patterns. As nanotechnologies develop both industry specific and city specific externalities become effective leading to specialization deepening and specialization widening which both are functions of the increasing nano-knowledge base.

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  • Menz, Nina & Ott, Ingrid, 2011. "On the role of general purpose technologies within the Marshall-Jacobs controversy: The case of nanotechnologies," Working Paper Series in Economics 18, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Department of Economics and Management.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:kitwps:18
    DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000022588
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    1. Iritié, B. G. Jean Jacques, 2017. "Innovation clusters effects on adoption of a general purpose technology under uncertainty," EconStor Preprints 180668, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.

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    Keywords

    general purpose technology; nanotechnology; specialization; diversification; Marshall-Jacobs controversy; patent and publication analysis;
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    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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