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

Suarez-Villa, L. Technocapitalism:
A Critical Perspective on Technological Innovation and Corporatism
(Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009).
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. Avebury: 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. and Walrod,
W. “The Collaborative Economy of
Biotechnology: Alliances, Outsourcing and R&D.” International Journal of
Biotechnology, 2004, pp. 402-438.
Suarez-Villa, L. “The Experimental Firm: Innovative Capacity and Creativity
in Research-Intensive Sectors.” In Productivity and Quality Management
Frontiers. Proceedings of the 10th Commemorative International
Conference on Productivity and Quality Research, edited by International
Society for Productivity and Quality Research. Miami: ISPQR, 2004, CD-Rom –Track 2: Strategic and Organizational
Perspectives, Chapter 13: Virtual Organizations.
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. “Collaboration
in Biotechnology: How Inter-firm Relations Strengthen Research Efforts in the
U.S.” International Journal of
Technology Management, vol. 26, 2003, pp. 452-464 . (Special Issue on Do
Networks Really Spur Innovation? The Impact of Regional Policies and Technology
Programs).
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 (available in paperback for $19.95 from www.RowmanLittlefield.com and
online book retailers).
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 Inversion: Is
There a Long-term Dynamic?” 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 of 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 and the International Diffusion of Innovations
in Manufacturing: A General Approach.” Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Economiche e
Commerciali, vol.
34, no. 5, 1987, pp. 369-391.
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, pp. 327-349 (reprinted with permission of copyright holder).
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