Technology and economic development : the dynamics of local, regional, and national change

Part 1 Economic growth and decline - theories and facts: global production; technology, regions, and economic development; regional disparity - cores and peripheries; growth or development?; regional planning; technological capability. Part 2 The measurement of regional economic activity: the economic base and regional multipliers; which economic base is best?; sectoral change and economic development; the service sector - engine of growth?. Part 3 Regional growth theory and policy - the burden of conventional wisdom: production functions and equilibrium - the neoclassical model; disequilibrium models of regional growth and development; development as a temporal process; regional policy; toward indigenous potential; linkages, multilocational firms and technology. Part 4 Technological capability - the core of economic development: the linear model of technological change; the impact of the product cycle on regional development; technological change in the Third World; learning technology; learning and economic development. Part 5 Innovation in the firm - high technology in teh corporate context: the growth of corporate innovation; management of technology; science-push or market-pull?; technology - a long wave view; high technology industries - problems of definition and significance; technological strategies of firms; corporate organization of R and D activities; global competition and strategic alliances; licensing strategies and technological capability. Part 6 The location of economic activities - flexibility and agglomeration: industrial location and the role of labour; large corporations and the spatial division of labour; the location of non-production activities; post-weberian location theory; flexibility. Part 7 Creating technological places - nations, regions, and localities: national policies toward high technology; industrial and technology policy in the third World; technology transfer; policies for regional high tech development; directing technology. Part 8 Entrepreneurship and regional development: entrepreneurship - the problem of definition; sectoral variations in firm formation; entrepreneurial or "creative" regions; venture capital and entrepreneurship; incubators and spin-offs; policies to promote entrepreneurship; the prospects for policy in advanced countries; entrepreneurship in the Third World. Part 9 Development in a fast-paced world - challenges and questions: technology and competitiveness; the importance of skills; infrastructure for development; the challenge confronting the Third World; the regional context of technological change.