Patterns of Diffusion of New Technologies in Small Metal-Working Firms: The Case of an Italian Region.
Programmable automation in the form of numerically controlled and computerized numerically controlled machine tools and flexible manufacturing systems has been commonly hailed as signalling a fundamental economic-technical paradigm shift similar to the shifts due to the introduction of the steam engine and the electric motor. This paper discusses the patterns of diffusion of microelectronics-based technical change in machine tools employed in metal-working or "engineering" firms in Italy. It is directed toward the segment of the production process involving the employment of metal-cutting milling machines. The paper builds a taxonomy linking innovative technological patterns to the competencies and strategies of firms. Copyright 1997 by Oxford University Press.
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1997
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Authors: | Gurisatti, Paolo ; Soli, Vladimiro ; Tattara, Giuseppe |
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Industrial and Corporate Change. - Oxford University Press. - Vol. 6.1997, 2, p. 275-312
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