Josef Taalbi
Senior lecturer
Origins and Pathways of Innovation in the Third Industrial Revolution : Sweden, 1950-2013
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Summary, in English
This study examines the factors that have shaped the long-term evolution of the ICT industry in Sweden, 1950-2013. Exploiting a new historical micro-database on actual innovation output, the driving forces and technological interdependencies in the third industrial revolution are chronicled. The results of this study support some stylized facts about innovational interdependencies in general-purpose technologies: a closely knitted set of industries have provided positive and negative driving forces for the development of ICT innovations. The historical evolution of the GPT surrounding microelectronics can in this perspective be described as a sequence of development blocks.
Department/s
- Department of Economic History
Publishing year
2017
Language
English
Publication/Series
Lund Papers in Economic History
Issue
159
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Document type
Working paper
Publisher
Department of Economic History, Lund University
Topic
- Economic History
Keywords
- ICT
- general-purpose technologies
- innovation biographies
- network analysis
- development blocks
- O3
- N14
- L16
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1101-346X