Technology and national competitiveness : oligopoly, technological innovation and international competition / edited by Jorge Niosi.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Niosi, Jorge.

Conference Name:

International Seminar on Oligopoly, Technological Innovation and International Competition (1987 : Universite du Quebec a Montreal)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International trade.

Technology--Economic aspects.

Technology.

Comparative advantage (International trade).

Technology and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first part of the collection reassesses and elaborates on Nobel Prize winner Wassily Leontief's input-output model and makes use of Michael V. Posner's technology gap trade theory to examine international trade and import-export factor intensity. The contributors clearly isolate technology as a crucial factor in the foreign commerce of Canada, the US, and other industrial nations. The second part provides the theoretical background, revealing the importance of the industrialized state's ability to affect international trade by implementing technology policy. The third part analyses the role of government strategy in the development of technology in less industrialized nations faced with a fluctuating world economy and rapid technological change. The fourth part re-evaluates Shumpeterian theory, addressing the market determinants of technological change such as market structure, corporate strategy, and the size of corporations. The contributors to this volume are Bernard Bonin, François Chesnais, Lester A. Davis, Christian DeBresson, Giovanni Dosi, Faye Duchin, Philippe Faucher, K.E. Hamilton, Thomas Hatzichronoglou, Lynn Krieger Mytelka, Jorge Niosi, Jacques Perrin, and Luc Soete.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Tables""; ""Figures""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE: TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY, AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE""; ""1 Technological Change and International Trade""; ""2 Technology Intensity of us, Canadian, and Japanese Manufactures Output and Exports""; ""3 Canadian Industrial Energy Consumption and External Trade""; ""4 Technological Clusters and Competitive Poles: The Case of Canadian Energy""; ""PART TWO: STATE, TECHNOLOGY, AND COMPETITIVENESS""; ""5 Technological Innovation and International Competitiveness""

""6 The State and International Trade: Technology and Competitiveness""""7 Technological Competitiveness Considered as a Form of Structural Competitiveness""; ""8 Indicators of Industrial Competitiveness: Results and Limitations""; ""PART THREE: TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNMENT STRATEGY""; ""9 New Modes of Competition in the Textile and Clothing Industry: Some Consequences for Third World Exporters""; ""10 Engineering, Design Services, and Technology Transfers: The Case of the Republic of South Korea""; ""PART FOUR: INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE AND INNOVATION""

""11 Oligopoly, Innovation, and Firm Competitiveness""

Notes:

Papers presented at the International Seminar on Oligopoly, Technological Innovation and International Competition, held at Universite du Quebec a Montreal in 1987.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-85554-9

9786612855542

0-7735-6284-2

OCLC:

929121311