Download or read book Innovation in Low-tech Firms and Industries written by Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a general understanding that the advanced economies are undergoing a fundamental transformation into knowledge-based societies. There is a belief that this is based on the development of high-tech industries. This work offers a discussion concerning the relevance of low-tech industries for industrial innovativeness in the knowledge economy.