This paper is an attempt to tease out a taxonomy of economic sectors based on a systems approach to innovation and economic growth that may be useful for policy analysis. The taxonomy explored here revolves around novel products rather than ethereal knowledge-producing entities. This insight...

Frontmatter -- Editor's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- TABLES -- Introduction -- 1. The Evolution of the Steel Steamship -- 2. Fluctuations in Shipbuilding Output -- 3. Regional Shipbuilding -- 4. The Firms -- 5. Industrial Organization -- 6. The Development of the Shipyard -- 7....

This paper is an attempt to tease out a typology of economic sectors based on a systems approach to innovation and economic growth that may be useful for policy analysis. The typology explored here revolves around novel products rather than ethereal knowledge-producing entities. This insight...

This paper introduces the findings of a European research project on the innovativeness of industrial 'low-tech' sectors. This research was carried out in the context of the ongoing discussion about the emerging knowledge society. We argue that innovation depends not only on industries with...

This paper examines the institutional arrangements that develop when the risks of opportunism and other contributors to transaction costs are high but transactions are nevertheless necessary for economic efficiency. Williamson's famous distinction between markets and hierarchies is inadequate...