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Advanced public procurement as industrial policy : the aircraft industry as a technical university

Title: Advanced public procurement as industrial policy : the aircraft industry as a technical university / Gunnar K. Eliasson.
Author: Eliasson, Gunnar.
Publication: New York ; London : Springer, ©2010.

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Description

xxviii, 311 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

The primary theme of this book is to investigate the macroeconomic significance of the "cloud" of technological spillovers that surrounds advanced industrial production: In what ways do technological innovations spread and contribute to economic growth? What policies can be developed to maximize the economic potential of innovations? These themes are particularly timely in the context of global economic crisis, government-sponsored stimulus packages, and the ongoing evolution from manufacturing-based to knowledge-based economies. To explore these issues in depth, Gunnar Eliasson focuses on a detailed case study of the development of Saab's military aircraft, the JAS 39 Gripen system--a project that involves advanced technological innovations, a complex network of suppliers, public-private sector collaboration, and both military and commercial applications. The experience in the aircraft industry is also compared with spillover effects in telephony, computers, and medical technologies. The study emphasizes the role of customer competence in raising the quality of innovation supply, and of entrepreneurship and industrially competent venture capital for commercializing spillovers. Eliasson integrates micro-econometrics and case study analysis with macroeconomics, innovation study methods, and business administration theory to measure the effects of technology spillovers and generate a solid empirical foundation for policy analysis. In particular, he considers.
The result is a book that will appeal to a broad spectrum of academics, industry leaders, and policymakers interested in the dynamics of innovation supply, commercialization of technologies and economic growth. --Book Jacket.

Series Statement

Economics of science, technology and innovation ; [v. 34]

Uniform Title

Economics of science, technology, and innovation ; v. 34.

Subject

Genre/Form

Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

9781441958488
1441958487
9781461425717
1461425719
9781441958495
1441958495

LCCN

2009943545

OCLC

ocn495597522
495597522
SCSB-9130075

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Princeton University Library