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Technological Innovation and Diffusion Models: A Review

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There has been growing interest over the years in the role of technological innovation and diffusion processes in regional development and growth. The objective has been to identify new approaches able to foster, in particular, the growth of peripheral regions and to reduce regional disparities in general.

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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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Frenkel, A., Shefer, D. (1997). Technological Innovation and Diffusion Models: 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_3

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