The Danish fabricated metal industry: A competitive medium-low-tech industry in a highwage country.
Hansen, Teis LU
(2010)
In Geografisk Tidsskrift
110(1).
p.65-80
- Abstract
- This paper aims to contribute to the knowledge on innovation processes in low- and medium-low-tech industries. Today, industries characterised as high-tech are perceived to be central to economic development, as the research intensity shields them from competition from low-wage countries. This is less the case for low-tech industries, but their economic importance continues to be large, however. It is thus interesting to analyse how they manage to remain competitive.
The analysis focuses on a case study of the fabricated metal industry by identifying the innovation strategies followed by firms located in a part of Jutland, where this industry has experienced growth. It is found that the ability to create tailor-made... (More) - This paper aims to contribute to the knowledge on innovation processes in low- and medium-low-tech industries. Today, industries characterised as high-tech are perceived to be central to economic development, as the research intensity shields them from competition from low-wage countries. This is less the case for low-tech industries, but their economic importance continues to be large, however. It is thus interesting to analyse how they manage to remain competitive.
The analysis focuses on a case study of the fabricated metal industry by identifying the innovation strategies followed by firms located in a part of Jutland, where this industry has experienced growth. It is found that the ability to create tailor-made solutions is central to the competitiveness of these medium-low-tech firms. Knowledge is thus highly important, yet in different ways than for high-tech industries. This illustrates the importance of industrial policies that take these differences into account. (Less)
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- Hansen, Teis
LU
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- 2010
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- subject
- keywords
- fabricated metal industry, Denmark, industrial development, low-tech, innovation
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- Geografisk Tidsskrift
- volume
- 110
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- 1
- pages
- 65 - 80
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- Taylor & Francis
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- scopus:78650917902
- ISSN
- 1903-2471
- DOI
- 10.1080/00167223.2010.10669497
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- English
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