Manufacturing in the knowledge economy: innovation in low-tech industries

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Abstract

Recent studies stress the relevance of a broad conceptualization of the knowledge economy which goes beyond the strong, current policy focus on high-tech industries. Today, low-tech industries continue to have a significant role in European manufacturing in terms of employment, value added and export. However, the character and activities of these industries are profoundly changing as they become increasingly knowledge intensive. Thus, innovation processes and knowledge production in manufacturing are much more complex than suggested by the classic division into high-, medium-and low-tech industries. This calls for a rethinking of manufacturing’s position in contemporary capitalism and a redefinition of the central categories based on research and development (R & D) intensity that dominate the debate on the knowledge economy.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelHandbook of Manufacturing Industries in the World Economy
RedaktørerJohn Bryson, Jennifer Clark, Vida Vanchan
ForlagEdward Elgar Publishing
Publikationsdato1 jan. 2015
Sider439-450
Kapitel28
ISBN (Trykt)9781781003923
ISBN (Elektronisk)9781781003930
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 jan. 2015
NavnResearch Handbooks in Business and Management

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