International Competitiveness and Technological Change

by Miozzo, Marcela; Walsh, Vivien

• ISBN13: 9780199259236
• ISBN10: 0199259232
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Technological change is central in explaining industrial leadership, but the relationships and interactions between scientific research, industrial innovation, and competitiveness are neither clear nor straightforward. This book analyses the role of technological change in the competitiveness of firms and national economies.

Author Biography

Marcela Miozzo is Reader in Innovation Studies at Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, UK. Her teaching and research activities are the innovation and the internationalization of services; technological and organisational changes in the construction sector; and technological capabilities of firms in Latin America.
Vivien Walsh is Professor of Innovation Management at Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, UK. Her teaching and research activities are the areas of globalization; networks and collaboration in the innovation process.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Technology and competitiveness

The science and technology system

Organisational And Technological Capabilities And Growth

Organisations and technology in proprietary and managerial capitalism

Organisations and technology during the periods of the 'new competition' and 'systems integration'

Organisations, technology and less developed countries: East Asia and Latin America

Systems Of Innovation: A Comparative Perspective

National systems of innovation

Sectoral patterns of technological change

Globalization

Technological change, international investment and trade

Networks and alliances

Technology and globalization

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