Replacing the Concept of High Technology: Towards a Diffusion-Based Approach

R McArthur
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R McArthur: School of Geography, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, England; School of Geography and Geology, College of St Paul and St Mary, Cheltenham, Glos GL50 2RH, England

Environment and Planning A, 1990, vol. 22, issue 6, 811-828

Abstract: It is argued that definitions of high technology have been inadequate but that rather than seeking a more precise definition along existing lines, alternative approaches should be developed. An approach is proposed which categorises technologies according to their level of diffusion in the economy. A basic distinction between newly emerging and widely diffusing technologies is outlined and an attempt is made to measure their diffusion.

Date: 1990
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