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The Low-Tech Issue

In: Innovation in Low-Tech Firms and Industries

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  • Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen
  • Katrin Hahn
  • David Jacobson

Abstract

It is a general understanding that the advanced economies are currently undergoing a fundamental transformation into knowledge-based societies. There is a firm belief that this is based on the development of high-tech industries. Correspondingly, in this scenario low-tech sectors appear to be less important. A critique of this widely held belief is the starting point of this book. It is often overlooked that many of the current innovation activities are linked to developments inside the realm of low-tech. Thus the general objective of the book is to contribute to a discussion concerning the relevance of low-tech industries for industrial innovativeness in the emerging knowledge economy.

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  • Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen & Katrin Hahn & David Jacobson, 2008. "The Low-Tech Issue," Chapters, in: Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen & David Jacobson (ed.), Innovation in Low-Tech Firms and Industries, chapter 1, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Ewa Balcerowicz & Marek Peczkowski & Anna Wziatek-Kubiak, 2009. "The Innovation Patterns of Firms in Low and High Technology Manufacturing Sectors in the New Member States," CASE Network Studies and Analyses 0390, CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research.
    2. Preciuk Piotr & Wilczyńska Ewa, 2020. "Intergenerational Familial Ambidexterity in Polish Family Firms," Journal of Management and Business Administration. Central Europe, Sciendo, vol. 28(4), pages 107-133, December.
    3. Dulcineia Catarina Moura & Maria José Madeira & Filipe A. P. Duarte, 2019. "Cooperation In The Field Of Innovation, Absorptive Capacity, Public Financial Support And Determinants Of The Innovative Performance Of Enterprise," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 24(04), pages 1-28, July.
    4. Paul J. Woodfield & Kenneth Husted, 2019. "How Does Knowledge Sharing Across Generations Impact Innovation?," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 23(08), pages 1-17, December.
    5. Woodfield, Paul & Husted, Kenneth, 2017. "Intergenerational knowledge sharing in family firms: Case-based evidence from the New Zealand wine industry," Journal of Family Business Strategy, Elsevier, vol. 8(1), pages 57-69.

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