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The Danish fabricated metal industry: A competitive medium-low-tech industry in a highwage country.

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Author

  • Teis Hansen

Summary, in English

This paper aims to contribute to the knowledge on innovation processes in low- and medium-low-tech industries. Today, industries characterised as high-tech are perceived to be central to economic development, as the research intensity shields them from competition from low-wage countries. This is less the case for low-tech industries, but their economic importance continues to be large, however. It is thus interesting to analyse how they manage to remain competitive.



The analysis focuses on a case study of the fabricated metal industry by identifying the innovation strategies followed by firms located in a part of Jutland, where this industry has experienced growth. It is found that the ability to create tailor-made solutions is central to the competitiveness of these medium-low-tech firms. Knowledge is thus highly important, yet in different ways than for high-tech industries. This illustrates the importance of industrial policies that take these differences into account.

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Pages

65-80

Publication/Series

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volume

110

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
  • Human Geography

Keywords

  • fabricated metal industry
  • Denmark
  • industrial development
  • low-tech
  • innovation

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1903-2471