'Low-tech' industries: Innovativeness and development perspectives - A summary of a European research project

Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-21

  Hirsch Kreinsen, Hartmut ^a   Jacobson, David ^b,c   Robertson, Paul L ^d,e  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Frederick Institute of Technology Nicosia   (Cyprus)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^d The Brisbane Institute   (Australia)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Industrial development; Innovation policy; Knowledge society; Low technology; Technology indicators

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33645124899     PISSN: 08109028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08109020600563762     Document Type: Article

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1. The PILOT project was financed within Framework Programme 5, Key Action 'Improving the Socio-economic Knowledge Base' (HPSE-CT-2002-00112). The project was coordinated by the Chair of Economic and Industrial Sociology of the University of Dortmund (is@wiso.unidortmund.de). The duration of the project was from December 2002 to January 2006. For more information see: www.pilot-project.org.
2. The project is also discussed in more detail in H. Hirsch-Kreinsen, D. Jacobson, S. Laestadius and K. Smith, 'Low and medium technology industries in the knowledge economy: The analytical issues', in H. Hirsch-Kreinsen, D. Jacobson and S. Laestadius (eds), Low-tech Innovation in the Knowledge Economy, Peter Lang, Frankfurt/M., 2005, pp. 11-30.
3. The members of the PILOT project consortium have included the University of Dortmund, the Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, NIFU STEP - Centre for Innovation Research, the Technical Research Centre of Finland, the Austrian Institute of Economic Research Vienna, the Institute for Labour Foundation Bologna, Dublin City University, the Institute for Social Research Munich, the Foundation University of Oviedo, the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, and the Catholic University of Lublin. In addition, Keith Smith and Paul L. Robertson were associated with the project.
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