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Publications by Prof. Suarez-Villa on technocapitalism and related topics

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Suarez-Villa, L. Globalization and Technocapitalism: The Political Economy of Corporate Power and Technological Domination. London: Ashgate, 2012. 243 pages + vi.

Suarez-Villa, L. Technocapitalism: A Critical Perspective on Technological Innovation and Corporatism. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. 221 pages + vii.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Networks, Innovative Capacity and the Experimental Firm: Implications for Regional Development Policy.” In Spatial Interaction and Information Strategies for Emerging European Networks, edited by M. Giaoutzi and P. Nijkamp. London: Ashgate, 2007, pp. 13-35.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Technocapitalism and the New Ecology of Entrepreneurship.” In Rising Entrepreneurship in a Shrinking World: A Spatial Perspective, edited by H. L. F. de Groot, P. Nijkamp and R. Stough. Cheltenham and Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2004, pp. 78-103.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Collaboration in Biotechnology: How Inter-firm Relations Strengthen Research Efforts in the U.S.” International Journal of Technology Management, vol. 27, no. 5, 2004, pp. 452-464.

Suarez-Villa, L. and Walrod, W. “The Collaborative Economy of Biotechnology: Alliances, Outsourcing and R&D.” International Journal of Biotechnology, vol. 5, nos. 3 and 4, 2003, pp. 402-438.

Suarez-Villa, L. “The E-economy and the Rise of Technocapitalism: Networks, Firms, and Transportation.” Growth and Change, vol, 34, no. 4, 2003, pp. 390-414.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Regional Inversion in the United States: The Institutional Context for the Rise of the Sunbelt Since the 1940s.” Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, vol. 93, no. 1, 2002, pp. 424-442 (The research journal of the Royal Dutch Geographical Society).

Suarez-Villa, L. “Networked Alliances and Innovation.” In The Emergence of the Knowledge Economy: A Regional Perspective, edited by Z. J. Acs, H. L. F. de Groot and P. Nijkamp. Berlin, Heidelberg and New York: Springer-Verlag, 2002, pp. 65-80.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Policies or Market Incentives? Major Changes in the Geographical Sources of Technology in the United States, 1945-1995.” In Regional Policies and Comparative Advantage, edited by B. Johansson, C. Karlsson and R. Stough. Cheltenham and Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2002, pp. 127-150.

Suarez-Villa, L. “High Technology Clustering in the Polycentric Metropolis: A View from the Los Angeles Metropolitan Region.” International Journal of Technology Management, vol. 24, nos. 7 and 8, 2002, pp. 818-842.

Suarez-Villa, L. “The Rise of Technocapitalism.” Science Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, 2001, pp. 4-20. (Special Issue on the Commodification and De-Commodification of Knowledge).

Suarez-Villa, L. “Inventive Knowledge and the Sources of New Technology: Regional Change in Innovative Capacity in the United States.” In Knowledge, Complexity and Innovation Systems, edited by M. M. Fischer and J. Fröhlich. Berlin, Heidelberg and New York: Springer-Verlag, 2001, pp. 165-180.

Suarez-Villa, L. Invention and the Rise of Technocapitalism. Lanham, New York and Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield, 2000. 265 pages + xv.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Southern California as a Global Gateway Region: Polycentricity and Network Segmentation as Competitive Advantages.” In Gateways to the Global Economy, edited by Å. E. Andersson and D. E. Andersson. Cheltenham and Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2000, pp. 83-104.

Fischer, M. M., Suarez-Villa, L. and Steiner, M. (editors) Innovation, Networks and Localities. Berlin, Heidelberg and New York: Springer-Verlag, 1999. 336 pages + xi.

Suarez-Villa, L. “The Structures of Cooperation: Downscaling, Outsourcing and the Networked Alliance.” Small Business Economics, vol. 10, no. 1, 1998, pp. 5-16.

Suarez-Villa, L. and Walrod, W. “Operational Strategy, R&D, and Intra-metropolitan Clustering in a Polycentric Structure: The Advanced Electronics Industries of the Los Angeles Basin.” Urban Studies, vol. 34, no. 9, 1997, pp. 1343-1380. (The Robert Donaldson Memorial Prizewinning Article for 1997).

Suarez-Villa, L. “Innovative Capacity, Infrastructure and Regional Policy.” In Innovative Behaviour in Space and Time, edited by C. S. Bertuglia, S. Lombardo and P. Nijkamp. Berlin, Heidelberg and New York: Springer-Verlag, 1997, pp. 291-305.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Innovative Capacity, Infrastructure and Regional Policy.” In Infrastructure and the Complexity of Economic Development, edited by D. F. Batten and C. Karlsson. Berlin, Heidelberg and New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996, pp. 251-269.

Suarez-Villa, L. and Karlsson, C. “The Development of Sweden’s R&D-intensive Electronics Industries: Exports, Outsourcing and Territorial Distribution.” Environment and Planning A, vol. 28, no. 5, 1996, pp. 783-818.

Suarez-Villa, L. and Rama, R. “Outsourcing, R&D and the Pattern or Intra-metropolitan Location: The Electronics Industries of Madrid.” Urban Studies, vol. 33, no. 7, 1996, pp. 1155-1197.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Globalización y Localización: Las Estrategias Cooperativas y la Competitividad de la Empresa.” In Tendencias Actuales de la Economía y de las Organizaciones, edited by the Consejo General de Colegios de Economistas de España. Las Palmas: Consejo General de Colegios de Economistas de España, 1996, pp. 53-67.

Suarez-Villa, L. and Fischer, M. M. “Technology, Organization and Export-driven Research and Development in Austria’s Electronics Industry.” Regional Studies, vol. 29, no. 1, 1995, pp. 19-42.

Suarez-Villa, L. and Hasnath, S. A. “The Effect of Infrastructure on Invention: Innovative Capacity and the Dynamics of Public Construction Investment.” Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 44, no. 4, 1993, pp. 333-358.

Suarez-Villa, L. “The Dynamics of Regional Invention and Innovation: Innovative Capacity and Regional Change in the Twentieth Century.” Geographical Analysis, vol. 25, no. 2, 1993, pp. 147-164.

Reprinted in Regional Dynamics: Modern Classics in Regional Science, Vol. I, edited by K. E. Haynes, K. J. Button and P. Nijkamp. Cheltenham and Nothampton: Edward Elgar, 1997, pp. 65-84 (reprinted with permission of copyright holder).

Suarez-Villa, L., Giaoutzi, M. and Stratigea, A. “Territorial and Border Barriers in Information and Communication Networks: A Conceptual Exploration.” Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, vol. 83, no. 2, 1992, pp. 93-104.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Twentieth Century U.S. Regional and Sectoral Change in Perspective.” Survey of Regional Literature, vol. 20, no. 1, 1992, pp. 32-39.

Suarez-Villa, L. and Han, P.-H. “Organizations, Space and Capital in the Development of Korea’s Electronics Industry.” Regional Studies, vol. 25, no. 4, 1991, pp. 327-343.

Suarez-Villa, L. “The Evolution of Regional Economies.” In Regional Science: Retrospect and Prospect, edited by D. E. Boyce, P. Nijkamp and D. Shefer. Berlin, Heidelberg and New York: Springer-Verlag, 1991, pp. 279-316.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Regional Evolution and Entrepreneurship: Roles, Eras and the Space Economy.” Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, vol. 3, no. 1, 1991, pp. 335-347.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Invention, Inventive Learning and Innovative Capacity.” Behavioral Science, vol. 35, no. 4, 1990, pp. 290-310.

Suarez-Villa, L. and Han, P.-H. “The Rise of Korea’s Electronics Industry: Technological Change, Growth and Territorial Distribution.” Economic Geography, vol. 66, no. 3, 1990, pp. 273-292.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Polycentric Restructuring, Metropolitan Evolution, and the Decentralization of Manufacturing.” Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, vol. 80, no. 4, 1989, pp. 194-205.

Suarez-Villa, L. and Han, P.-H. “International Trends in Electronics Manufacturing and the Strategy of Industrialization.” Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali, vol. 37, nos. 4 and 5, 1989, pp. 381-407.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Reconversión Industrial, Cambio Tecnológico, y Planes de Desarrollo Metropolitano.” Estudios Territoriales, vol. 27, no. 1, 1989, pp. 13-27.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and the Role of Small and Medium Size Industries: A Long Term View.” In Small and Medium Size Enterprises and Regional Development, edited by M. Giaoutzi, P. Nijkamp and D. J. Storey. London: Routledge, 1988, pp. 21-43.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Entrepreneurship in the Space-Economy.” Revue d’Economie Régionale et Urbaine, vol. 28, no. 1, 1987, pp. 59-79.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Industrialization in the Developing World, Process Cycles, and the New Global Division of Labor.” Canadian Journal of Regional Science, vol. 8, no. 3, 1985, pp. 307-331.

Suarez-Villa, L. “Industrial Export Enclaves and Manufacturing Change.” Papers of the Regional Science Association, vol. 54, 1984, pp. 307-331.

Reprinted in Regional Policy and Regional Integration: Modern Classics in Regional Science, edited by N. M. Hansen, K. J. Button and P. Nijkamp. Cheltenham and Northampton: Edward Elgar, 1997 (reprinted with permission of copyright holder).