Technical Change and Industrial Policy

Abstract

Preface List of Figures List of Tables 1. Introduction: G Humphrys, (University College, Swansea) and K Chapman, (University of Aberdeen) (I) Nature and Spatial Dimensions of Technical Change 2. Technical innovation, long cycles and regional policy: C Freeman (Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex) 3. Some aspects of technical innovation, diffusion and technical change: the diffusion of the colour scanner in the United Kingdom: R McArthur (Cheltenham College of St. Paul and St. Mary) 4. Producer Services and Economic Change: some Canadian evidence: P A Wood (University College, London) 5. Technology and occupational change in the United Kingdom shipbuilding industry: R T Harrison, (The Queen's University of Belfast) (II) Technical Change and Industrial Restructuring 6. Technical change as a response to economic crisis: the case of oil refining in Western Europe: D A Pinder and M S Husain (University of Southampton) 7. The impact of technical change on the organization and locational structure of automobile production in Canada: J Holmes (Queen's University, Ontario) 8. Restructuring in the steel industry: the link between new technology and change in a 'mature' industrial system: J H Bradbury (McGill University) (III) Technical Change and Spatial Policy 9. Organizational adaptation and the technological autonomy of branch plants in the United Kingdom electronics industry: D R Charles (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 10. Technology, dependence and regional development: the case of the aerospace industry: D Todd and J Simpson (University of Manitoba) 11. Innovation policy and mature industries: the forest products sector in British Columbia. R Hayter (Simon Fraser University) 12. Promoting 'high technology' industry: location factors and public policy: C V Christy and R G Ironside (University of Alberta, Edmonton) 13. Conclusions: G. Humphrys, (University College, Swansea) and K Chapman (University of Aberdeen)