Technological globalisation or national systems of innovation?

Journal article

Technological innovation is said to be breaking down borders. The internet, the explosion of globalised financial markets, the increased foreign direct investment by transnational corporations—all are portrayed as creating a global market in which the nation state is little more than an anachronism. And yet some economies have been more innovative and dynamic than others, and there seems no reason to believe that these differences in national economic performance will become a thing of the pa...

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Authors: Archibugi, D; Michie, J

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Journal: Futures
• Volume: 29
• Pages: 121 - 137
• Publication date: 1997-01-01
• DOI: 10.1016/S0016-3287(96)00072-9
• ISSN: 0016-3287
• Language: English