ABSTRACT
The extent to which firms can react creatively to rather than adjust passively against new techniques and practices is dependent on their command of technological knowledge and relative competence. This book explores the characteristics of the path dependent dynamics of localized technological change, demonstrating how the economics of complexity c
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |14 pages
Introduction
part |2 pages
PART I The ingredients
chapter |30 pages
The dynamic legacies: Smith, Marx, Marshall and Schumpeter
chapter |16 pages
Localised technological change: A critical assessment
part |2 pages
PART II The governance of localised technological knowledge
chapter |24 pages
Models of knowledge and systems of governance
chapter |17 pages
To use or to sell technological knowledge
chapter |26 pages
The governance of localised knowledge in the business sector
chapter |22 pages
The new economics of the university: A knowledge governance approach
part |2 pages
PART III The introduction of localised technological change