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9780199259243

International Competitiveness and Technological Change

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  • ISBN13:

    9780199259243

  • ISBN10:

    0199259240

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-10-12
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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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

LIST OF FIGURES vii
LIST OF TABLES ix
LIST OF BOXES xi
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xiii
PART I INTRODUCTION 1(60)
1. Technology and Competitiveness
3(27)
2. The Science and Technology System
30(31)
PART II ORGANIZATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES AND GROWTH 61(78)
3. Organizations and Technology in Proprietary and Managerial Capitalism
63(22)
4. Organizations and Technology during the Periods of 'New Competition' and 'Systems Integration'
85(27)
5. Organizations, Technology, and Less Developed Countries: East Asia and Latin America
112(27)
PART III SYSTEMS OF INNOVATION: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 139(66)
6. National Innovation Systems
141(25)
7. Sectoral Patterns of Technological Change
166(39)
PART IV GLOBALIZATION AND INNOVATION 205(86)
8. Technology, International Investment, and Trade
207(28)
9. Networks and Alliances
235(32)
10. Globalization of Trade, Production, and Technology
267(24)
APPENDICES 291(6)
REFERENCES 297(28)
INDEX 325

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