Technological Regimes, Industrial Demography and the Evolution of Industrial Structures

The purpose of this paper is to weave together the new theories and empirical evidence analyzing firms and industries in motion, or what has been termed ‘industrial demographics’. In particular, the links between the technological regime underlying an industry and the observed patterns of industry d...

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Published in:Industrial and corporate change 1997, Vol.6 (1), p.49-82
Main Author: Audretsch, D B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Demography
Industrial organization
Technology
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Summary:The purpose of this paper is to weave together the new theories and empirical evidence analyzing firms and industries in motion, or what has been termed ‘industrial demographics’. In particular, the links between the technological regime underlying an industry and the observed patterns of industry demography are emphasized. Although a major conclusion of this new literature is that the structure of industries is perhaps better characterized by a high degree of fluidity and turbulence than stability, the patterns of industry demographics vary considerably from industry to industry. And what apparently shapes the evolution of firms particular to a specific industry is, as much as anything else, the knowledge conditions shaping the technological regime underlying that industry.
ISSN:1464-3650
0960-6491
0960-6491
1464-3650
DOI:10.1093/icc/6.1.49