Paradigmatic Shifts in National Innovation Systems1

Riccardo Galli, Morris Teubal

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Abstract

Profound changes are taking place in the world economy and in the innovation systems of countries. The main influencing trends could be summarized by the terms globalization, liberalization, dematerialization, and technological revolution. Their joint effects have been the enhanced uncertainty and turbulence felt in the world economic system since the 1973 crisis and the gradual emergence of a different rationale for production and innovation. The techno-economic mass production paradigm of the past is gradually giving way in an increasing number of sectors to a new paradigm characterized by flexible manufacturing and the pervasive effects of the cluster of the so-called information technologies (IT) (Freeman and Perez, 1988; Piore and Sabel, 1984; Womak et al., 1990), based on the convergence of microelectronics, computers and telecommunications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSystems of Innovation
Subtitle of host publicationTechnologies, Institutions and Organizations
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages342-370
Number of pages29
ISBN (Electronic)9781136600593
ISBN (Print)9780203357620
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2013

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