Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Patrucco, Pier Paolo
Author-Email: pierpaolo.patrucco@unito.it
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: The Emergence of Technology Systems: Knowledge Production and Distribution in the Case of the Emilian Plastics District.
Abstract: The emergence of technology systems is the result of interdependent dynamics of generation and diffusion 
of complementary bits of localised technological knowledge.
Technological communication is the crucial element assessing the collective conditions under which technological 
knowledge is accumulated and diffused. The case study of the emerging Emilian technological system in the plastics 
sector shows that the synchronic and diachronic localised interactions among industrial dynamics, institutional R&D 
efforts and technological interrelatedness are the determinants of the systematic production, accumulation and distribution of
localised technological knowledge, in turn explaining the origin and development of the technology system itself. 
Length: 39 pages
Creation-Date: 2002-10
File-URL:http://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati_wp/wp2002dip_l_b/6_wp_momigliano.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:uto:labeco:200206