Technological Systems and Economic Performance: The Case of Factory Automation
In 1987 the Swedish National Board for Technical Development (STU, later becoming the Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development, NUTEK) initiated a study of Sweden's Technological Systems and Future Development Potential. A comprehen
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Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation VOLUME 5
Series Editors Cristiano Antonelli, University of Torino, Italy Bo Carlsson, Case Western Reserve University, U.S.A.
Editorial Board Steven Klepper, Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A. Richard Langlois, University of Connecticut, U.S.A. J. S. Metcalfe, University of Manchester, U.K. David Mowery, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. Pascal Petit, CEPREMAP, France Luc Soete, University of Limburg, The Netherlands
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: THECASEOF FACTORY AUTOMATION Editedby
BOCARLSSON Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, U.SA.
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS, MEDIA, B.V.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Technologlcal syste.s and econo.lc perfor.ance : the case of factory autolatlon I edlted by Bo Carlsson. p. c •. -- (EconoM les of sclence, technology, and lnnovatlon v. 5) Inc 1udes 1ndex. ISBN 978-94-010-4065-5 ISBN 978-94-011-0145-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-0145-5
1. Automatlon--Economlc aspects. -Sweden. 1. Carlsson, Bo, 1942HC79. A9T43 1995 338' .064--dc20
2. Auto.atlon--Econo.lc aspectsII. Serles. 95-14924
ISBN 978-94-010-4065-5
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface
Bo Carlsson List of Contributors List of Tables List of Figures 1.
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Bo Carlsson and Rikard Stankiewicz
21
The Nature and Importance of Economic Competence Bo Carlsson and Gunnar Eliasson
57
Mapping an Evolving Technology Cluster: The Composition and Structure of Factory Automation
The Academic Infrastructure of Factory Automation Anders Granberg
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165
Sourcing of Advanced Manufacturing Technology: The Role of Customer-Supplier Interaction
Kjell Tryggestad 8.
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The Role of the Science and Technology Infrastructure in the Development and Diffusion of Industrial Automation in Sweden
Rikard Stankiewicz 7.
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On the Nature, Function and Composition of Technological Systems
Anders Granberg 5.
ix xi xiii
Introduction
Bo Carlsson 2.
vii
211
What Makes the Automation Industry Strategic?
Bo Carlsson and Staffan Jacobsson
241
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A Theoretical Framework for the Analysis of Supplier Industries Ellinor Ehrnberg and Staffan Jacobsson
263
Technological Discontinuities and Company Strategies Machine Tools and Flexible Manufacturing Systems Ellinor Ehrnberg and Staffan Jacobsson
273
Diffusion and Industrial Dynamics in the Robot Industry Kristina Dahlin
323
The Importance of Economic Competence in Economic Growth: A Micro-to-Macro Analysis Bo Carlsson and Erol Taymaz
