Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:1. Knowledge Transfer and Technology Diffusion: An Introduction Paul L. Robertson and David Jacobson 2. Resources and Innovation in Low-tech Industries: An Empirical Study of Clusters in Spain and ItalyJose L. Hervas-Oliver and Jose Albors 3. Inward Flows of Information and Knowledge in Low-tech Industrial Districts: Contrasting the `Few Firms Gatekeeper' and `Direct Peer' Models Fiorenza Belussi, Silvia R. Sedita, Tine Aage and Daniele Porcellato4. The Role of Company Networks in Low-tech IndustriesDavid Jacobson and Francesco Garibaldo 5. Technological Change, Knowledge Integration and Adaptive Processes: The Mechatronic Evolution of the Reggio Emilia DistrictLorenzo Ciapetti6. Globalization and Low-technology Industries: The Case of Italian EyewearDiego Campagnolo and Arnaldo Camuffo7. Innovation and External Knowledge Sources in Industrial Districts: Evidence from an Italian Furniture Cluster Andrea Morrison8. Engineering versus Craftsmanship: Innovation in the Electric Guitar Industry, 1945-1984Thierry Rayna and Ludmila Striukova 9. How Low- and Medium-technology Industries in Developing Countries Compete with Multinationals: Lessons from China's Home Electronics SectorGuo Yung-Hsing10. New Patterns in Knowledge Transfer and Catching Up: Chinese R&D in ICT Vicky Long and Staffan Laestadius 11. Technological Learning and Capability Building in LMT Industries in Newly Industrializing Countries: Selected Examples from TaiwanLiang-Chih Chen12. Understanding Regional Innovation Systems in LMT Industries: The Case of Turkey as an Emerging Market EconomyAli Fikirkoca, Bahar Celikkol Erbas and Arcan Tuzcu 13. International Technology Diffusion and Productivity in Low- and Medium-technology Sectors in IndiaSaon RayIndex