Ebook: Knowledge and Industrial Organization

This volume contains a selection of papers presented at an international symposium on research and development, industrial change and economic policy organized and hosted by the University of Karlstad, Viinnland, Sweden. Situated about halfway between Stockholm and Oslo, Karlstad stands on the River Klara, which reaches north into the mountains of Norway. Founded by King Charles IX of Sweden, whose statue stands in the city centre beside the river, the city celebrated its 400th anniversary in 1984. For many decades the wealth of Karlstad has been based on traditional industries such as iron, timber and paper, and throughout the province of Viinnland there are a considerable number of industrial communities which grew up around mines, ironworks, sawmills and papermills. Even the cultural structure of these communities is heavily marked by the industrial environment in which they developed. However, for over a decade now a major structural reorientation has been taking place and the old industrial structures have been disappearing. For various reasons the importance of large scale, manufacturing companies has declined and as a result of intense development work with new ideas, new entrepreneurs and new technology, we have seen the rapid rise of small companies. In this context, recent research has shown that universities playing an increasingly central role in regional development. Thus the continued development of the University of Karlstad is of significant regional and national interest. Although fairly small in an international perspective (approximately 4000 students) the university is expanding rapidly.

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This volume contains a selection of papers on research and development, industrial change and economic policy. It discusses the now emerging problems generated or reinforced by research and development policies in industry and governments both at scientific and policy levels. The general aims are to present an overview of present research on R & D investments and their impact on industrial and regional restructuring in advanced economies and to specify some of the most important potentials of further theoretical and empirical research. The focus of these discussions is on patterns of innovation activities and their relation to industrial and public policy, diffusion of technology as a temporal, spatial and organisational problem, technology transfer and consequences of technological change for policy making at the regional and industrial levels.

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This volume contains a selection of papers on research and development, industrial change and economic policy. It discusses the now emerging problems generated or reinforced by research and development policies in industry and governments both at scientific and policy levels. The general aims are to present an overview of present research on R & D investments and their impact on industrial and regional restructuring in advanced economies and to specify some of the most important potentials of further theoretical and empirical research. The focus of these discussions is on patterns of innovation activities and their relation to industrial and public policy, diffusion of technology as a temporal, spatial and organisational problem, technology transfer and consequences of technological change for policy making at the regional and industrial levels.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
From the Industrial Age to the Knowledge Economy....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Productivity in Manufacturing and the Division of Mental Labor....Pages 17-23
What Have We Learned in the Path from G?del and Turing to Artificial Intelligence?....Pages 25-30
Knowledge, Nodes and Networks: An Analytical Perspective....Pages 31-46
Innovation, Diffusion and Regions....Pages 47-61
Technological and Institutional Innovations in the Service Sector....Pages 63-79
Research and Development, Corporate Organisation and Industrial Location: Prospects for Regional Development....Pages 81-99
Diffusion of Technological Change and Economic Growth....Pages 101-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
The Barrier-Breakthrough Model of Innovation and the Life Cycle Model of Industrial Evolution as Applied to the U.S. Electrical Industry....Pages 115-132
The Evolution of High Technology in the Boston Region 1920–1980....Pages 133-141
Innovation, R and D, and Firm Growth in Robotics: Japan and the United States....Pages 143-155
Spatial Diffusion of Information Technology in Sweden....Pages 157-176
Innovative Behaviour of Industrial Firms: Results From a Dutch Empirical Study....Pages 177-186
Innovating Behaviour of Swiss Industry — Findings and Policy Conclusions....Pages 187-196
Infrastructure for Technological Change: Intellectual Property Rights....Pages 197-215
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
High-Technology Location and Worker Mobility in the U.S.....Pages 219-232
Economic Expansion and Establishment Growth on the Periphery....Pages 233-249
The Economic, Industrial, and Regional Consequences of Defense-led Innovation....Pages 251-269
Some Reflections on Innovation Stimulating Policy....Pages 271-278
New Issues in Science and Technology Policy: Discontinuities in the Process of Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Transformation....Pages 279-289
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Micro-Macro Interactions and U.S. Industrial Change....Pages 291-296
Swedish Science Policy: The Government’s New Research Bill....Pages 297-301
A Ten-Year Review of Science Policy in Sweden....Pages 303-307
Back Matter....Pages 309-310

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This volume contains a selection of papers on research and development, industrial change and economic policy. It discusses the now emerging problems generated or reinforced by research and development policies in industry and governments both at scientific and policy levels. The general aims are to present an overview of present research on R & D investments and their impact on industrial and regional restructuring in advanced economies and to specify some of the most important potentials of further theoretical and empirical research. The focus of these discussions is on patterns of innovation activities and their relation to industrial and public policy, diffusion of technology as a temporal, spatial and organisational problem, technology transfer and consequences of technological change for policy making at the regional and industrial levels.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
From the Industrial Age to the Knowledge Economy....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Productivity in Manufacturing and the Division of Mental Labor....Pages 17-23
What Have We Learned in the Path from G?del and Turing to Artificial Intelligence?....Pages 25-30
Knowledge, Nodes and Networks: An Analytical Perspective....Pages 31-46
Innovation, Diffusion and Regions....Pages 47-61
Technological and Institutional Innovations in the Service Sector....Pages 63-79
Research and Development, Corporate Organisation and Industrial Location: Prospects for Regional Development....Pages 81-99
Diffusion of Technological Change and Economic Growth....Pages 101-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
The Barrier-Breakthrough Model of Innovation and the Life Cycle Model of Industrial Evolution as Applied to the U.S. Electrical Industry....Pages 115-132
The Evolution of High Technology in the Boston Region 1920–1980....Pages 133-141
Innovation, R and D, and Firm Growth in Robotics: Japan and the United States....Pages 143-155
Spatial Diffusion of Information Technology in Sweden....Pages 157-176
Innovative Behaviour of Industrial Firms: Results From a Dutch Empirical Study....Pages 177-186
Innovating Behaviour of Swiss Industry — Findings and Policy Conclusions....Pages 187-196
Infrastructure for Technological Change: Intellectual Property Rights....Pages 197-215
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
High-Technology Location and Worker Mobility in the U.S.....Pages 219-232
Economic Expansion and Establishment Growth on the Periphery....Pages 233-249
The Economic, Industrial, and Regional Consequences of Defense-led Innovation....Pages 251-269
Some Reflections on Innovation Stimulating Policy....Pages 271-278
New Issues in Science and Technology Policy: Discontinuities in the Process of Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Transformation....Pages 279-289
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Micro-Macro Interactions and U.S. Industrial Change....Pages 291-296
Swedish Science Policy: The Government’s New Research Bill....Pages 297-301
A Ten-Year Review of Science Policy in Sweden....Pages 303-307
Back Matter....Pages 309-310
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