Technology centres during the economic downturn: What have we learned?

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 293-312

  Gittell, Ross ^a   Sohl, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic diversification; Economic growth and decline; Regional industry clusters; Technology centres; USA economy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23844505253     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620500202582     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Bathelt, H. 2001 Regional competence and economic recovery: divergent growth paths in Boston's high technology economy, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 13: 287-314.
2. Bee, E. 2003 Knowledge networks and technical invention in America's metropolitan areas: a paradigm for high-technology economic development, Economic Development Quarterly, 17: 115-131.
3. Berry, B. J. L. 1991 Long-Wave Rhythms in Economic Development and Political Behavior (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press).
4. Best, M. H. 2000 Silicon Valley and the resurgence of Route 128: systems integration and regional innovation, in Dunning, J. H. (ed.), Regions, Globalization and the Knowledge-Based Economy (Oxford: Oxford University Press) pp. 459-484.
5. Bureau of Economic Analysis 2001 Available online at http:// www.bea.doc.gov
6. Bureau of Labour Statistics 2001 Covered employment wages 2001 data. Available online at http://www.bls.gov/cew
7. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2001-2003 Current employment statistics 2001-2003. Available online at http://www.bls.gov/ces
8. Chaston, I. 1996 Critical events and process gaps in the Danish Technological Institute SME structured networking model, International Small Business Journal, 14: 71-84.
9. Chell, E. and Baines, S. 2000 Networking, entrepreneurship and microbusiness behaviour, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 12: 195-215.
10. Collaborative Economics 1999 Innovative Regions: The Importance of Place and Networks in the Innovative Economy, October (Palo Alto, CA: Collaborative Economics).
11. Collinson, S. 2000 Knowledge networks for innovation in small Scottish software firms, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 12: 217-244.
12. Coombs, R., Richard, A., Saviotti, P. P. and Walsh, V. 1996 Technological Collaboration: Dynamics of Cooperation in Industrial Innovation (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing).
13. Cortright, J. 2002 The economic importance of being different: regional variations in tastes, increasing returns, and the dynamics of development, Economic Development Quarterly, 16: 3-16.
14. DeVol, R. and Wong, P. 1999 America's High Tech Economy: Growth, Development and Risks for Metropolitan Areas (Los Angeles, CA: Milken Institute).
15. Drennan, M. P. 2002 The Information Economy and American Cities (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press).
16. Dworkin, A. 1999 Study ranks Dallas 2nd for high-tech, The Dallas Morning News, 14 July.
17. Florida, R. 2002 The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Evegday Life (New York: Basic Books).
18. Gittell, R. 1992 Dynamic development cycles and local economic management, Economic Development Quarterly, Spring.
19. Gittell, R. 1999 Renewing Cities (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press).
20. Gittell, R. and Thompson, P. 1999 Inner city business development and entrepreneurship: new frontiers for policy and research, in Ferguson, R. and Dickens, T. (eds), Urban Problems and Community Development (Washington, DC: Brookings Institute Press).
21. Gujarati, D. N. 1995 Basic Econometrics (Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill) pp. 379-380.
22. Hassink, R. and Wood, M. 1998 Geographic 'clustering' in the German opto-electronics industry: its impact on R & D collaboration and innovation, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 10: 277-296.
23. Kondratiev, N. D. 1984 The Long Wave Cycle (New York: Richardson and Snyder).
24. Malecki, E. J. and Tootle, D. M. 1996 The role of networks in small firm competitiveness, International Journal of Technology Management, 11: 43-57.
25. Meyer, J. R. 1963 Regional economics: a survey, American Economic Review, 53 (1): 19-54.
26. Morgan, K. O. and Morgan, S. 2003 State Rankings 2003: A Statistical View of the 50 United Stages (Lawrence, KS: Morgan Quitno Press).
27. Morrison Institute 1999 The New Economy: A Guide for Arizona. Report produced by the Morrison Institute of Public Policy at the University of Arizona.
28. Progressive Policy Institute 1999 The State New Economy Index. http://www.neweconomyindex.org/states/.
29. Romer, P. M. 1986 Increasing returns and long run growth, Journal of Political Economy, 94: 1002-1038.
30. Shaw, E. 1997 The 'real' networks of small firms, in Deakins, D., Jennings, P. and Mason, C. (eds), Small Firms: Entrepreneurship in the Nineties (London: Paul Chapman) pp. 7-17.
31. Sohl, J. 2002 The private equity market in the USA: lessons from volatility, Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 5 (1): 29-46.
32. Storper, M. 1991 Technology districts and international trade: the limits to globalization in an age of flexible production. Mimeo from Graduate School of Urban Planning and Lewis Centre for Regional Policy Studies, University of California, LA, September.
33. Wiig, H. and Wood, M. 1996 What comprises a regional innovation system? An empirical study of innovation in the Norwegian region of More and Romsdal, in Simmie, J. (ed.), Innovation, Networks and Learning Regions (London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers) pp. 66-98.