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

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, in press.
Suarez-Villa, L. and Walrod,
W. “The Collaborative Economy of
Biotechnology: Alliances, Outsourcing and R&D.” International Journal of
Biotechnology, 2004, in press.
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, in press.
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).
Please contact
the author for reprints of any of these publications
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