Spatial Dispersion of Technological Innovation: A Review

Evert Jan Davelaar and Peter Nijkamp

Chapter 2 in Innovative Behaviour in Space and Time, 1997, pp 17-40 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In recent years there has been growing interest in the dynamics of existing firms and the formation of new firms. World-wide economic stagnation has called for a thorough analysis of the conditions that favour the offspring of new economic activities (see also Cuadrado-Roura et al. 1994 and Suarez-Villa and Cuadrado- Roura 1994). In this context, much emphasis has been placed on the growth potential of the high-technology industry. Although this sector, through the diffusion and widespread application of high-technology products, may indirectly account for a large share in total employment change, the direct employment base of this sector is relatively small (ranging from 3 to 13 percent of total national employment). Consequently, the broader process of technological progress, the diffusion of technological innovations and the birth of new firms deserves much more attention than the high-technology sector per se.

Keywords: Venture Capital; Innovation Production; Physical Infrastructure; Agglomeration Economy; Innovative Firm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-60720-2_2

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