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Having studied the technological system for factory automation in Sweden in the preceding chapters, we will now try to summarize what we have learned and also discuss the role of government policy, both actual and potential.
An earlier version of this chapter was published in Research Policy, 23 (3), 1994, pp. 235-248. The authors would like to thank three anonymous referees and the participants in the sessions on “Sweden’s Technological System and Future Development Potential” at the 18th annual conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Ferrara, Italy, September 1–3, 1991, for valuable comments. We would particularly like to acknowledge helpful comments and suggestions by Zoltan Acs, Ellinor Ehrnberg, Lennart Elg, Franco Malerba, and Keith Pavitt. The authors are solely responsible for any remaining errors and omissions.
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Carlsson, B., Jacobsson, S. (1995). Factory Automation and Government Policy. In: Carlsson, B. (eds) Technological Systems and Economic Performance: The Case of Factory Automation. Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0145-5_14
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