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This paper compares the macro- and micro- analyses of techno-economic change. Arguing for perspectives which are sensitive to the local flexibility of innovation but which can also provide suggestions for policy and intervention, it describes and reviews the two major contributions: work on Techno-Economic Networks, and on Techno-Economic Paradigms. It is argued that the former has greater depth of analytical sensitivity, whilst the latter is more policy-relevant. Whilst there are approaches, such as Constructive Technology Assessment, which attempt to combine the two perspectives, these are seen as failing to retain sensitivity to the power differentials between key actors such as firms, experts, governing agencies or citizens' groups. The paper concludes by advocating attention to the meso-level techno-economic—the networks of institutions and actors at work in: geographically bounded systems of innovation; scientific and technological disciplines; firms, their strategies and linkages; and the nexus between production and consumption.
Author(s): Hull R, Walsh V, McMeekin A, Green K
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Technology Transfer
Year: 1999
Volume: 24
Issue: 2/3
Pages: 185-195
ISSN (print): 0892-9912
ISSN (electronic): 1573-7047
Publisher: Springer New York LLC
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1007803405567
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007803405567
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