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Technological dynamics and social capability: US states and European nations

Författare

  • Jan Fagerberg
  • Maryann P. Feldman
  • Martin Srholec

Summary, in English

This article analyzes factors shaping technological capabilities in USA and European countries, and shows that the differences between the two continents in this respect are much smaller than commonly assumed. The analysis demonstrates a tendency toward convergence in technological capabilities for the sample as a whole between 1998 and 2008. The results indicate that social capabilities, such as well-developed public knowledge infrastructure, an egalitarian distribution of income, a participatory democracy and prevalence of public safety condition the growth of technological capabilities. Possible effects of other factors, such as agglomeration, urbanization, industrial specialization, migration and knowledge spillovers are also considered.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2014

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

313-337

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Economic Geography

Volym

14

Issue

2

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Oxford University Press

Ämne

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Nyckelord

  • Innovation
  • technological capability
  • social capability
  • Europe
  • USA

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1468-2702