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Understanding why apparently similar regions or countries experience industrial growth or industrial decline is a problem that continues to obsess policy-makers in governments throughout the world. As this volume of new papers from North American and British scholars of several disciplines makes clear neo-classical location theory does not provide the answer. A common objective of policy-makers is to move away from obsolescence and "sunset" towards what they suppose to be innovation and "sunrise" - to attract those activities which, by virtue of their technological characteristics, are perceived to offer prospects for growth in output and employment. Such an objective may frequently rest upon a kind of technological determinism fostered by life-cycle models applied to products, industries and regions, and may betray a belief in the benefits of "high technology" which is not always justified. This volume explores these and other issues relating to the role of "technology" in the interpretation of industrial growth and decline and its effect upon employment. It is divided into three sections, concerned first with the nature of technological change as a phenomenon, secondly with the role of technology in the restructuring of traditional industries, and thirdly with the implications of technological change for industrial and regional development policies. All the contributors draw heavily on case-study material from regions throughout the world. This book is aimed at economic and industrial geographers, as well as to macro- and micro-economists and to policy makers in the developing and developed economies.

Table of Contents:
Preface List of Figures List of Tables ; 1. Introduction: G Humphrys, (University College, Swansea) and K Chapman, (University of Aberdeen) ; (I) Nature and Spatial Dimensions of Technical Change ; 2. Technical innovation, long cycles and regional policy: C Freeman (Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex) ; 3. Some aspects of technical innovation, diffusion and technical change: the diffusion of the colour scanner in the United Kingdom: R McArthur (Cheltenham College of St. Paul and St. Mary) ; 4. Producer Services and Economic Change: some Canadian evidence: P A Wood (University College, London) ; 5. Technology and occupational change in the United Kingdom shipbuilding industry: R T Harrison, (The Queen's University of Belfast) ; (II) Technical Change and Industrial Restructuring ; 6. Technical change as a response to economic crisis: the case of oil refining in Western Europe: D A Pinder and M S Husain (University of Southampton) ; 7. The impact of technical change on the organization and locational structure of automobile production in Canada: J Holmes (Queen's University, Ontario) ; 8. Restructuring in the steel industry: the link between new technology and change in a 'mature' industrial system: J H Bradbury (McGill University) ; (III) Technical Change and Spatial Policy ; 9. Organizational adaptation and the technological autonomy of branch plants in the United Kingdom electronics industry: D R Charles (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) ; 10. Technology, dependence and regional development: the case of the aerospace industry: D Todd and J Simpson (University of Manitoba) ; 11. Innovation policy and mature industries: the forest products sector in British Columbia. R Hayter (Simon Fraser University) ; 12. Promoting 'high technology' industry: location factors and public policy: C V Christy and R G Ironside (University of Alberta, Edmonton) ; 13. Conclusions: G. Humphrys, (University College, Swansea) and K Chapman (University of Aberdeen)


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  • ISBN-13: 9780631152156
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell Publishers
  • Height: 250 mm
  • Width: 160 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0631152156
  • Publisher Date: 18 Jun 1987
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Weight: 605 gr


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