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Cambridge Journal of Economics 2005 29(1):37-56; doi:10.1093/cje/bei011
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Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 29, No. 1, © Cambridge Political Economy Society 2005; all rights reserved

The emergence of technology systems: knowledge production and distribution in the case of the Emilian plastics district

Pier Paolo Patrucco*

* Università di Torino

Address for correspondence: Laboratorio di Economia dell'Innovazione ‘Franco Momigliano’, Dipartimento di Economia, Università di Torino, Via Po 53, 10124 Torino, Italy; email: pierpaolo.patrucco{at}unito.it

The emergence of technology systems is the result of interdependent dynamics of the generation and diffusion of complementary bits of localised technological knowledge. Technological communication is the crucial element assessing the collective conditions under which technological knowledge is accumulated and diffused. The case study of the emerging Emilian technological system in the plastics sector shows that the synchronic and diachronic localised interactions among industrial dynamics, institutional R&D efforts and technological interrelatedness are the determinants of the systematic production, accumulation and distribution of localised technological knowledge, in turn explaining the origin and development of the technology system itself.

Key Words: Collective learning • Localised technological knowledge • Technological communication • Technology systems

JEL classifications: O31, R00

Manuscript received April 8, 2002; final version received March 17, 2003.


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