Synopses & Reviews
This book offers an in-depth investigation of the role of new information technology in industrial restructuring processes. It focusses on the strategic function of the network and the urban milieu in providing favourable conditions for economic growth and analyzes the forces governing the production and adoption of innovation with particular emphasis on their impact on spatial organization over time.
Table of Contents
From the contents: Overviews.- An Interpretative Survey of Innovative Behaviour and Diffusion.- Spatial Dispersion of Technological Innovation.- Technological Innovation and Diffusion Models.- Modelling Innovation Diffusion.- Theories and Models.- Firms R&D Investments, Innovation and Market Shares.- Innovative Behaviour and Complexity in Organized Systems.- Technological Innovation, Transport and Location.- Telematics, Location and Interaction Flows.- Innovation and Spatial Agglomeration.- Structural Change in a Metropolitan Economy.- Endogenous Technological Change, Long Run Growth and Regional Interdependence.- Innovation and Strategy in Space.- Empirical Studies and Policies.- Investment Policy and Innovation Management.- Diffusion and Acceptance of New Products and Processes by Individual Firms.- Innovative Capacity, Infrastructure and Regional Inversion.- Telecommunications Network Externalities and Regional Development.- Strategic Adoption of Advanced Communication Systems.- Transport Behaviour and Diffusion of Telematics.- Towards a New Theory on Technological Innovations and Network Management.