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Dynamics of Innovation Fields with Endogenous Heterogeneity of People

In: New Directions in Regional Economic Development

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  • Masahisa Fujita

    (Konan University)

Abstract

According to Lester Thurow at MIT, advanced countries are shifting from capitalism based on mass production of commodities to the brain power society in which creation of knowledge and information using brain power plays the central role (Thurow 1996). The concept of brain power society is essentially the same as that of the C-society advocated by Åke Andersson who maintains that advanced countries are leaving the industrial society (with its reliance on simplicity of production and products and the heavy use of natural resources and energy) and entering the C-society with and increasing reliance on creativity, communication capacity, and complexity of products (Andersson 1985). In this paper, the term “brain power society” is synonymous with the “C-society” of Åke Andersson. The ultimate concern of this paper is the further development of the New Economic Geography (NEG) towards a more comprehensive theory of geographical economics in the age of brain power society, in which the dynamics of the spatial economy arise from the dual linkages in the economic and knowledge fields. Before elaborating this ultimate objective, let me explain briefly what is the so-called the New Economic Geography.

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  • Masahisa Fujita, 2009. "Dynamics of Innovation Fields with Endogenous Heterogeneity of People," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Charlie Karlsson & Ake E. Andersson & Paul C. Cheshire & Roger R. Stough (ed.), New Directions in Regional Economic Development, chapter 0, pages 59-78, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-642-01017-0_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01017-0_4
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    Cited by:

    1. Orlando Gomes, 2012. "Endogenous Heterogeneity, the Propagation of Information and Macroeconomic Complexity," Czech Economic Review, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies, vol. 6(1), pages 38-58, March.
    2. Gordon Mulligan & Mark Partridge & John Carruthers, 2012. "Central place theory and its reemergence in regional science," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 48(2), pages 405-431, April.

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