The relevance of science and technology indicators: the case of pulp and paper

Laestadius, Staffan

doi:10.1016/s0048-7333(98)00050-x

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“…1 This bias is similar to the 'S&T perspective that gives too much weight to S&T indicators, especially R&D spending, for understanding technological innovation as discussed by Laestadius ( 1998 ). On the basis of in-depth case studies from the pulp and paper sector in Sweden, he argues that this bias has implied a relative neglect of innovation in, for example, mechanical technologies and other low-and medium-tech areas.…”

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The Learning Economy and the Economics of Hope

Lundvall¹

2016

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The Anthem Studies in Innovation and Development aims to publish cutting-edge scholarship that pushes the boundaries of our understanding of how innovation impacts human and economic development. The aim is to promote a better understanding of innovation, evaluate ongoing approaches to analyse innovation capacity, and to generate a set of instructive readings that elaborate upon the role of innovation capabilities in enabling development, reducing inequality and eliminating poverty. The series is interested in exploring the role of technology and innovation in sustainable development (at the global or sectoral level), links between trade and innovation (including investment and intellectual property rights), the role of the state and new issues in the interface of innovation and industrial policy. The series is particularly interested in analytical approaches to institutional and evolutionary economics, new frameworks and constructs on capabilities building and economic history reviews of innovation and technological change.

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The Learning Economy and the Economics of Hope

Lundvall¹

2016

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“…As our in depth case study suggests, 'the dominant aggregated S&T indicators are of little, if any, relevance for understanding the process of innovativeness, knowledge formation and technical change in industry' (Laestadius 1998, p. 393) except in 'modern' academic-based industries such as IT and pharmaceuticals (Laestadius 1998). However, diffusion of science based generic technologies into traditional and natural resource based activities will further increase these biases and, thus, provide an unrealistic basis for decision-making.…”

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Why do we need a theory and metrics of technology upgrading?

Radošević

Yoruk

2016

Asian Journal of Technology Innovation

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This paper discusses why we need a theory and metrics of technology upgrading. It critically reviews existing approaches to technology upgrading, and proposes a theoretically relevant and empirically grounded intermediate conceptual and statistical framework to illustrate the types of challenges facing economies with different levels of income. It conceptualises technology upgrading as a three-dimensional process that considers the intensity and type of technology upgrading based on different types of innovation and technology activities; the broadening of technology upgrading through exploitation of technology and knowledge diversification; and interaction with the global economy via the import, adoption, and exchange of knowledge. We consider these to be necessary first steps towards a theory and metrics of technology upgrading and the generation of more relevant composite indicator of technology upgrading.

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“…" F E A T U R E S Universities and Technology-based Entrepreneurship in the Gothenburg Region 14 Simplistic classifications of sectors in 'high' and 'low' tech fail to capture the dynamics of some knowledge fields which are relevant in sectors other than 'high tech' (Laestadius, 1998). Fourth, the great differences between electronics and computer engineering in the relationship between firm start-ups and the supply of capabilities (it was five times higher for computer engineering) underscores the negative impact of stagnation in the supply of capabilities in electronics on local technology-based entrepreneurship. This substantial difference may, of course, be argued to reflect greater opportunities for firm formation in computer engineering, but this is not plausible.…”

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Universities and Technology-based Entrepreneurship in the Gothenburg Region

Dahlstrand

Jacobsson

2003

Local Economy

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We trace the relationship between changes in the supply of capabilities from Chalmers University of Technology and the extent and nature of technologybased entrepreneurship in the region of Western Sweden in the period [1975][1976][1977][1978][1979][1980][1981][1982][1983][1984][1985][1986][1987][1988][1989][1990][1991][1992][1993]. Changes in the supply of capabilities are approximated by changes in volumes and orientation of graduates at MSc and PhD levels. The knowledge base of 539 new technology-based firms is specified in terms of the different programmes at Chalmers (e.g. mechanical engineering). We argue that the responsiveness to the growing technological opportunities in electronics and computer engineering was weak and that, as a consequence, the volume of technology-based entrepreneurship was probably not only unduly limited but also skewed towards mechanical engineering, the 'traditional' area of specialisation in the region.

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The relevance of science and technology indicators: the case of pulp and paper

Cited by 43 publications

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The Learning Economy and the Economics of Hope

The Learning Economy and the Economics of Hope

Why do we need a theory and metrics of technology upgrading?

Universities and Technology-based Entrepreneurship in the Gothenburg Region

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