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The Impact of Technological Change

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  • M Frybourg

    (Ministère de I'Équipement de I'Aménagement du Territoire, Logement et Transports, 23-25 Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 75008 Paris, France)

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How can technology be better utilized to meet socioeconomic needs? Technological change is closely related to societal change. At the level of the firm, technology is a tool to achieve and sustain competitive advantage but radical innovation is system oriented and involves infrastructure. The paramount role of information technology has to be emphasised. Two new concepts are emerging; Just in Time/Total Quality Control (JIT/TQC) and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). So-called value-added-networks or VANs are catching on in Western countries. The bottlenecks are the costs, the externalities, the lack of standardization, and the system incoherence. Brief case-studies are developed: The new generation of metros, high speed trains, the motor industry, and intermodalism with utilization of High-Cube containers. The findings of these studies show that organizational innovation has to go along with technological innovation.

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  • M Frybourg, 1988. "The Impact of Technological Change," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 6(2), pages 145-152, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:6:y:1988:i:2:p:145-152
    DOI: 10.1068/c060145
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    Cited by:

    1. Jacob Mincer & Stephan Danninger, 2000. "Technology, Unemployment, and Inflation," NBER Working Papers 7817, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Jacob Mincer, 2006. "Technology and the Labor Market," Springer Books, in: Shoshana Grossbard (ed.), Jacob Mincer A Pioneer of Modern Labor Economics, chapter 8, pages 53-77, Springer.
    3. Sean Archer, 2007. "The International Literature on Skills Training and the Scope for South African Application," Working Papers 07124, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit.
    4. Harabi, Najib, 2000. "Employment Effects of Ecological Innovations: An Empirical Analysis," MPRA Paper 4395, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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