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Spatial Dispersion of Technological Innovation: A Review

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Innovative Behaviour in Space and Time

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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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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecniche per i Processi di Insediamento, Politecnico di Torino, viale Mattioli 39, I-10125, Torino, Italy

    Cristoforo S. Bertuglia

  2. Dipartimento di Pianificazione Territoriale ed Urbanistica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, via Flaminia 70, I-00197, Roma, Italy

    Silvana Lombardo

  3. Department of Spatial Economics, Free University, De Boelelaan 1105, NL-1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Peter Nijkamp

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Davelaar, E.J., Nijkamp, P. (1997). Spatial Dispersion of Technological Innovation: A Review. In: Bertuglia, C.S., Lombardo, S., Nijkamp, P. (eds) Innovative Behaviour in Space and Time. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60720-2_2

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