Regional Impact on Technological Change

The Evolution and Development of the Twin-Wire Paper Machine from 1950 to 1988

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4139996
AutoresB Ofori-Amoah (University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point), Benjamin Ofori‐Amoah (University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, autor de correspondencia)
Año1995
Volumen27
Número9
Páginas1503-1520
Fecha de publicación1995-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a271503
OpenAlexW2072156887
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas27

In this paper the impact of regions on the evolution and development of technology is examined via a new paper-making technology (the twin-wire machine) as a case study. In particular, differences in raw material and physical environmental conditions, consumer tastes and preferences, and industrial organization and corporate strategies between the two regions, North America and Europe, provided different demand and supply conditions for the development of the twin-wire technology. These conditions initially influenced the development of different twin-wire trajectories in North America and Europe. Later on, these trajectories began to converge as the supply and demand conditions, which had established them, began to change

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