Technology and Economic Development: The Dynamics of Local, Regional, and National Change

areas automation Babson College branch plants cent Chapter communication competition complex corporate costs cycle dependence developing countries division of labour economic activity economic base economic development economic growth electronics employment engineering entrepreneurs entrepreneurship Environment and Planning especially Europe example export facilities factors flexible Fordist geographical Gertler global growth centres high technology high-tech impact important information technology infrastructure input-output input-output models inputs investment Japan Japanese knowledge large firms large urban linkages London Malecki manufacturing Markusen multinational multinational corporations multiplier effects neoclassical networks Nijkamp OECD organization peripheral Product Innovation R&D intensity regional development regional economic regional growth regional policy Regional Science Regional Studies robots role sectors Silicon Valley skills small firms social sources spatial strategy structure suppliers technical technological capability technological change technology transfer Technopolis theory Third World University urban regions venture capital workers