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Spatial Dispersion of Technological Innovation: A Review

In: Innovative Behaviour in Space and Time

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  • Evert Jan Davelaar
  • Peter Nijkamp

Abstract

In recent years there has been growing interest in the dynamics of existing firms and the formation of new firms. World-wide economic stagnation has called for a thorough analysis of the conditions that favour the offspring of new economic activities (see also Cuadrado-Roura et al. 1994 and Suarez-Villa and Cuadrado- Roura 1994). In this context, much emphasis has been placed on the growth potential of the high-technology industry. Although this sector, through the diffusion and widespread application of high-technology products, may indirectly account for a large share in total employment change, the direct employment base of this sector is relatively small (ranging from 3 to 13 percent of total national employment). Consequently, the broader process of technological progress, the diffusion of technological innovations and the birth of new firms deserves much more attention than the high-technology sector per se.

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  • Evert Jan Davelaar & Peter Nijkamp, 1997. "Spatial Dispersion of Technological Innovation: A Review," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Cristoforo S. Bertuglia & Silvana Lombardo & Peter Nijkamp (ed.), Innovative Behaviour in Space and Time, chapter 2, pages 17-40, Springer.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-642-60720-2_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-60720-2_2
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    1. Jari RitsilAa & Mika Haapanen, 2003. "Where do the highly educated migrate? Micro-level evidence from finland," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(4), pages 437-448.
    2. Dirk Czarnitzki & Hanna Hottenrott, 2009. "Are Local Milieus The Key To Innovation Performance?," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 49(1), pages 81-112, February.
    3. Kangasharju, Aki & Nijkamp, Peter, 2001. "Innovation dynamics in space: local actors and local factors," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 35(1), pages 31-56, March.
    4. Catherine Co & Mark Wohar, 2004. "Technological convergence among US regions and states," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(2), pages 101-126.
    5. Koski, Heli, 2002. "The Impacts of Regulatory Reform on the Global Telecommunications Sector," Discussion Papers 649, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy.
    6. Nijkamp, Peter & Reggiani, Aura, 2000. "A comparative study on innovation in European cities by means of multicriteria analysis," Serie Research Memoranda 0004, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics.
    7. Amnon Frenkel & Daniel Shefer & Knut Koschatzky & Gunter Walter, 2001. "Firm Characteristics, Location and Regional Innovation: A Comparison Between Israeli and German Industrial Firms," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(5), pages 415-429.
    8. Amnon Frenkel & Daniel Shefer & Knut Koschatzky & Gunter Walter, 1998. "Industrial characteristics, production milieu and regional innovation: A comparison of Israel and German industrial plants," ERSA conference papers ersa98p383, European Regional Science Association.
    9. Amnon Frenkel, 2001. "Barriers and Limitations in the Development of Industrial Innovation in the Region," ERSA conference papers ersa01p38, European Regional Science Association.
    10. Kirsi Mukkala, 2005. "Knowledge spillovers – Mobility of highly educated workers within high technology sector in Finland," ERSA conference papers ersa05p279, European Regional Science Association.
    11. Ovaskainen, Marko & Ritsilä, Jari, 2000. "Electronic Commerce And Regional Economies - Concentration Vs. Centralisation," ERSA conference papers ersa00p79, European Regional Science Association.

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