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Technology, growth, and competitiveness : selected essays / Jan Fagerberg
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 291 pages) : illustrations, mapISBN:- 9781035335602
- 338/.064 21
- HC79.T4
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Summary: 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 With an original introduction and a mix of previously published and unpublished material, the book covers all the main issues including: the technology gap and differences of growth and welfare; structural factors in the growth of exports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 competitivenessPPN: PPN: 1922106836Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE | ZDB-77-EEC | ZDB-77-ECE | ZDB-1-EWE-ebook
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.
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