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A revised perspective on innovation policy for renewal of mature economies – Historical evidence from finance and telecommunications in Sweden 1980–1990
Department of Economic History, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, JIBS, Business Administration. Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, JIBS, Media, Management and Transformation Centre (MMTC). Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2874-017x
Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, JIBS, Media, Management and Transformation Centre (MMTC).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8861-8731
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2019 (English)In: Technological forecasting & social change, ISSN 0040-1625, E-ISSN 1873-5509, Vol. 147, p. 152-162Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

What is the role of innovation policy for accomplishing renewal of mature industries in Western economies? Drawing upon an unusually rich dataset spanning 9752 digitized archival documents, we categorize and code decisions taken by policymakers on several levels while also mapping and quantifying the strategic activities of both entrant firms and incumbent monopolists over a decade. Our data concerns two empirical cases from Sweden during the time period 1980–1990: the financial sector and the telecommunications sector. In both industries, a combination of technological and institutional upheaval came into motion during this time period which in turn fueled the revitalization of the Swedish economy in the subsequent decades. Our findings show that Swedish policymakers in both cases consistently acted in order to promote the emergence of more competition and de novo entrant firms at the expense of established monopolies. The paper quantifies and documents this process while also highlighting several enabling conditions. In conclusion, the results indicate that successful innovation policy in mature economies is largely a matter of strategically dealing with resourceful vested interest groups, alignment of expectations, and removing resistance to industrial renewal. 

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Elsevier, 2019. Vol. 147, p. 152-162
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Technological forecasting, Archival documents, Data concerns, Financial sectors, Innovation policies, Interest groups, Policy makers, Strategic activities, Time-periods, Competition
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-45526DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.07.001ISI: 000489193700013Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85069892849Local ID: HOA;;1341823OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-45526DiVA, id: diva2:1341823
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Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg FoundationThe Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius FoundationAvailable from: 2019-08-12 Created: 2019-08-12 Last updated: 2021-02-26Bibliographically approved

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