Technology Transfer and Industrial Change in Europe [Hardcover]

This book critically examines the phenomenon and the consequences of the increasing inter-dependence between industry, universities and national laboratories. It explores the contrasts and similarities between the patterns of formal and informal links in a technologically dynamic industry (electronic components) with those in a traditional industry (flow measurement) in the UK, France and Belgium. It uses evidence from interviews with firms, academics and industry organisations in the three countries to identify the major factors which regulate links.List of Tables List of Figures Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction PART ONE: BACKGROUND Territories of Innovation: The Collectivation of Innovation and the Globalisation of Competition; E.Swyngedouw The Regulatory Context: International, National and Regional Components Industry, University and National Laboratory Links PART TWO: INDUSTRIAL CHANGE The Organisation of Industry Filieres in the Flow Measurement and Electronic Component Industries PART THREE: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Externalisation Patterns in the Flow Measuring Industry The Views of Universities and National Laboratories: The Flow Measurement Industry Externalisation Patterns in the Electronic Component Industry The View of Universities and National Laboratories: The Electronic Component Industry PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS Innovation Filieres and the Geography of Innovation References Index

'...highly topical...provides a genuine insight into the practicalities of technology transfer and the implications for industrial change within Europe.' - Geoff Whittam, Department of Economics and Enterprise, Paisley Business School, University of Paisley

'The author should be commended for undertaking an important piece of work that has provided an advanced understanding of technology transfer and industrial change...a scholarly piece of work, will be useful as a supplemental reading for advanced economic geography and related courses.' - S.l3Ë