Josef Taalbi
Senior lecturer
Technological systems and development blocks
Author
Editor
- Cristiano Antonelli
Summary, in English
Successful technological transitions require the alignment of technologies, capabilities, infrastructure, and institutions across a wide array of industries and involving many agents. In such processes, synergies and complementarities across different fields of economic activity are crucial. When such complementarities are missing, imbalances emerge, which, in the absence of innovation, may stifle technological development, sometimes for decades. This contribution surveys our theoretical and empirical understanding of technological interdependencies across industries. Special emphasis is placed on the notion of “development blocks”, coined by Swedish economist Erik Dahmén. It discusses similarities and differences to other notions of broad technological interdependencies, like general-purpose technologies. Advances in network analysis in the last decade have furthered our empirical understanding of such interdependencies. The last section discusses the research frontier in our understanding of technological systems and possible policy implications.
Department/s
- Department of Economic History
- Sustainability transformations over time and space
Publishing year
2022-10
Language
English
Pages
477-486
Publication/Series
Elgar Encyclopedia on the Economics of Knowledge and Innovation
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Topic
- Economic History
Status
Published
Project
- SWINNO 3.0 Significant Swedish technological Innovations from 1970 until now
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-183910698-9
- ISBN: 978-183910699-6