Technology and International Trade - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1858985285 ISBN 13: 9781858985282

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

Presents theoretical and empirical essays on the relationships between technology, growth, international competitiveness, and employment. Demonstrates that international competitiveness and market shares are determined by technological advantages, and discusses issues including the role of proximity and trade flows in stimulating dispersion of new knowledge, the role of multinationals as vehicles for technology diffusion, and the effects of technical progress on the demand for labor. For academics in international trade, economic growth, industrial organization, and technology. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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About the Author

Edited by Jan Fagerberg, Professor, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK), University of Oslo, Norway, Par Hansson, formerly Research Fellow at the Trade Union Institute of Economic Research (FIEF) and formerly Associate Professor in Economics, University of Umea, Sweden, Lars Lundberg, formerly Research Fellow at the Trade Union Institute for Economic Research (FIEF) and formerly Professor of Economics, University of Umea, Sweden and Arne Melchior, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Oslo, Norway

Review

...will be of interest to academics, particularly those in the fields of international trade, economic growth, industrial organization and technology. -- Michael Brüntrup, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1858985285
• ISBN 13: 9781858985282
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Fagerberg Jan, Hansson Pär, Lundberg Lars, Melchior Arne