Technology and Economic Development: The Dynamics of Local, Regional and National Competitiveness - Softcover

Malecki, Edward J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582017580 ISBN 13: 9780582017580

Verlag: Longman, 1991

Inhaltsangabe

(There has been a growing realization that technology and the management decisions of global business enterprises affect the economies of localties and regions as well as nations. This book brings together existing knowledge about economic develop¬ment especially at the scale of regions within nations, for if is research at this level that is most valuable for addressing the realities of economic development in the I990's.
Technology is seen as the central ingredient in economic development. It is the process of learning by individuals, and as their cumulative skills increase, by industry, commerce and ultimately nations. It allows for competition between entrepre¬neurs, for one region to prosper over another and it is the primary influence on commercial management decisions. The economic well-being of people, and communities at all levels, reflects the decisions and policies of organizations in response to technolo¬gical change.
Professor Malecki intends this book to be used as a resource for further study into the dynamics of economic development at local, regional and national scale. He draws information from business studies, economics, development and management studies, geography and science and technology policy to explain the complex process of economic change. Throughout he refers to policies on technology, industry and development and draws examples from advanced economies, newly industrializing and underdeveloped countries.
Economists, geographers, planners, policy-makers and scholars who are concerned about economic growth and development will find this an important and informative resource)

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This book is primarily a synthesis of the large literature which has grown around the topics of economic development and technology. It is intended to be a resource for further inquiry into the topics covered in its pages. Consequently, there are many references to the large and diverse literature which has contributed to development studies. The expansive sweep of research which informs investigations of economic development adds to the growing realization, that technology and the management decisions of global business enterprises affect localities as well as national economies. This book brings together existing knowledge about economic development, especially at the scale of regions within nations. It is research at the regional scale which is most useful for addressing the realities of economic development in the 1990s, for the openess and vulnerability of regions and nations to outside influences, so evident from the early research into regional development, are now evident as well at national scales. Technology is a central ingredient in economic development. It is behind the proliferation of products and of weapons. It permits entrepreneurs to get an edge on competitors, and it allows one region to be more prosperous than another. This book treats the process of technological change as a central part of economic development. Its relevance to the national scale, recognized since the postwar era began, has spread to the regional and local levels. There, and at the national level as well, local or indigenous entrepreneurship, networks, and policies affect the level of economic well-being. The behaviour of large corporations and of new, small firms contribute to what we see as development. Organizational and locational changes accompany corporate responses to technological change. As firms have had to deal with global competition, so communities, regions, and nations must confront rivals for development in distant locations.

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• Verlag: Longman
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0582017580
• ISBN 13: 9780582017580
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 512