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Innovative Behaviour in Space and Time

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Cristoforo S. Bertuglia

    1. Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecniche per i Processi di Insediamento, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

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  2. Silvana Lombardo

    1. Dipartimento di Pianificazione Territoriale ed Urbanistica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy

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  3. Peter Nijkamp

    1. Department of Spatial Economics, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Advances in Spatial Science (ADVSPATIAL)

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    Pages 431-437
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In the past decade there has been growing recognition that economic development is not mainly exogenously determined but, to a large extent, is a transformation process induced and governed by economic actors who respond to competitive, institutional and political challenge. This 'challenge and response' model is increasingly accepted as a valid analytical framework in modem growth theory and also explains the popularity of endogenous growth approaches to technological innovation issues. However, a major and as yet largely under-researched topic is the question of the diffusion and adoption of new technological changes in the context of space-time dynamics. This diffusion and adoption pattern has obviously clear spatial and temporal variations connected with behavioural responses which may vary over time and different locations. This means that a closer analysis of spatio-temporal opportunities and impediments is necessary in order to fully map the complex interactions of technology and economy in space and time. This volume sets out to bring together a collection of original contributions commissioned by the editors to highlight the spatio-temporal patterns and backgrounds of the diffusion and adoption of new technologies. Some are in the nature of a survey, others.have a modelling background and again others are case studies. The contributions originate from different countries and different disciplines. This book is complementary to a previously published volume on technological innovation, Technological Change, Economic Development and Space, edited by C.S. Bertuglia, M.M. Fischer and G. Preto, and also published by Springer-Verlag (1995).

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecniche per i Processi di Insediamento, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

    Cristoforo S. Bertuglia

  • Dipartimento di Pianificazione Territoriale ed Urbanistica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy

    Silvana Lombardo

  • Department of Spatial Economics, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Peter Nijkamp

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