Technology, Growth and Competitiveness

Selected Essays

Jan Fagerberg (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2002
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84064-859-1 (ISBN)

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This outstanding collection charts the work of Jan Fagerberg on the relationship between technology, growth and international competitiveness. structural factors in the growth of exports and production, and the relationship between growth of GDP and trade performance.

This outstanding collection charts the work of Jan Fagerberg on the relationship between technology, growth and international competitiveness. With an original introduction and a mix of previously published and unpublished material, the book covers all the main issues including: the technology gap and differences of growth and welfare; structural factors in the growth of exports and production, and the relationship between growth of GDP and trade performance. The final chapter presents a comprehensive overview of the theoretical and applied work on technology and competitiveness.

Jan Fagerberg, Professor, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK), University of Oslo, Norway

Contents: Introduction Part I: Technology and Growth 1. A Technology Gap Approach to Why Growth Rates Differ 2. ‘Modern Capitalism’ in the 1970s and 1980s 3. East Asian Growth: A Critical Assessment 4. Heading for Divergence? Regional Growth in Europe Reconsidered 5. Technology, Growth and Unemployment across European Regions 6. Vision and Fact: A Critical Essay on the Growth Literature Part II: Technology, Trade and Structural Change 7. Structural Changes in International Trade: Who Gains, Who Loses? 8. The Method of Constant Market Shares Analysis Reconsidered 9. Diffusion, Structural Change and Intra-Regional Trade: The Case of Nordic Countries 1961–1983 10. Small Open Economies in the World Market for Electronics: The Case of the Nordic Countries 11. Europe at the Crossroads: The Challenge from Innovation-Based Growth Part III: Technology and Competitiveness 12. International Competitiveness 13. User–Producer Interaction, Learning and Comparative Advantage 14. Is There a Large-Country Advantage in High-Tech? 15. Competitiveness, Scale and R&D 16. Technology and Competitiveness Appendix Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.6.2002
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-84064-859-7 / 1840648597
ISBN-13	978-1-84064-859-1 / 9781840648591
Zustand	Neuware