The Economic Challenge for Europe: Adapting to Innovation Based Growth (Elgar Monographs)

Edited by Jan Fagerberg

ISBN 10: 184064124X / ISBN 13: 9781840641240

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, 1999

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Hardback 1999. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket has a little edge wear but is not torn. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched with TRACKING boxed in cardboard. ref 30/26. The Economic Challenge for Europe: Adapting to Innovation. Edited by Jan Fagerberg. Edward Elgar Publishing, UK.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Economic Challenge for Europe: Adapting to Innovation Based Growth (Elgar Monographs)
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, UK
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184064124X
• ISBN 13: 9781840641240
• Binding: Hard Boards
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Europe's performance relative to the US and countries in Asia is a topic that greatly preoccupies policymakers who are concerned that the European Union is losing ground compared to other, more dynamic, parts of the world. This book presents the scale and scope of the challenges that Europe faces in adjusting to globalization and advances in technology.

The evidence assembled in this book points to trends in European Union performance that policymakers will find disconcerting. In many areas, Europe has not kept pace with the technological advances of competitors and seems to have lost its dynamism. Employment creation has been lacklustre, new specializations have been slow to emerge and the rate of innovation has been disappointing. The core message in this book is that the problems Europe faces in key areas such as growth, equality and employment are all related to its failure to take sufficient advantage of technological advances, particularly the information and communication technology (ICT) revolution. It is concluded that a coherent European strategy for upgrading technological capability and embedding new technologies, especially ICTs, in society is long overdue.

This book will be indispensable to scholars and policymakers in the areas of economic growth, international competitiveness, innovation, regional development and European studies.

About the Author

Edited by Jan Fagerberg, Professor, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK), University of Oslo, Norway, Paolo Guerrieri, Visiting Professor, Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Sciences Po, France and Bart Verspagen, Professor of Macroeconomics of Innovation and New Technologies and Researcher at UNU-MERIT, a joint institute of the United Nations University and Maastricht University, the Netherlands