Download or read book Technological Change Industrial Restructuring and Regional Development written by Ash Amin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1986, this book was published at a time when the manufacturing structure of advanced economies was transformed. The growing internationalization of production, the rising power of giant corporations and the increasing rate of technological innovation remain key issues today. The impact of these changes is felt unevenly between regions, shown by huge job losses in some places and high-tech based growth in others. Drawing together contributions from economists, geographers, sociologists and management specialists, the problems facing the declining regions are discussed and analyzed. The book will be of interest to researchers, planners and policymakers concerned with the regional aspects of technological change and industrial restructuring.
Download or read book Technological Change in Canadian Industry written by D. G. McFetridge and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The papers in this volume of the Commission's research series discuss the sources, rate and nature of technological change and its effect on Canadian industry."--
Download or read book Economics of Industrial Innovation written by Chris Freeman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Canadian High tech in a New World Economy written by David W. Conklin and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1988 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broad overview of Canadian high-tech activities that suggests insights concerning the direction and scope of such industries as well as public policy. Includes a study of Canada's competitiveness in the manufacturing sector, and the use and production of new technology; an examination of the characteristics of the information technology sector and the likely patterns of development and economic prospects, the role of multi-national corporations, and their corporate decision-making; government policies that may stimulate Canadian high technology and enhance competitiveness; a brief history of GATT tariff negotiations, subsidies and possible agreements to limit their use; the use of government procurement policies to assist domestic high-tech firms; regulation in the context of high-tech policies; the protection of intellectual property and education and research as the basis of a new high-tech strategy, particularly the Canadian record.
Download or read book Technology Management and Systems of Innovation written by Keith Pavitt and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, Keith Pavitt assesses the economic impact of technological change and how it relates to public policy and corporate management practices.
Download or read book Services Industries and the Knowledge based Economy written by Canada. Industry Canada and published by University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Services industries account for almost three-quarters of both gross domestic product and employment in Canada, a trend that Canada shares with other G-7 countries. Furthermore, the services sector has been responsible for most of Canada's employment creation and much of its productivity growth over the past decade and the sector's importance to the Canadian economy continues to increase. Thirty renowned experts contribute to this volume, which is aimed at better understanding the dynamics of Canadian services industries and identifying the types of policies most likely to improve their innovation and productivity performance.
Download or read book Innovation and Firm Performance written by A. Kleinknecht and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-12-14 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of new firm-level data, including the European Community Innovation Survey (CIS), has led to a surge of studies on innovation and firm behaviour. This book documents progress in four interrelated fields: · investigation of the use of new indicators of innovation output · investigation of determinants of innovative behaviour · the role of spillovers, the public knowledge infrastructure and research and development collaboration · The impact of innovation on firm performance Written by an international group of contributors, the studies are based on agriculture and the manufacturing and service industries in Europe and Canada and provide new insights into the driving forces behind innovation.
Download or read book The Making of Global Enterprise written by Geoffrey Jones and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1994 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides new insights to the history of international business. The international group of authors, drawn from the United States, Canada, Britain and Japan, address two main themes: How has global business developed over the last century? And what has been its impact on host economies? These original and wide-ranging essays, prefaced by an extensive editorial introduction, are required reading in courses on international business.
Download or read book Canadian Manufactured Exports written by Donald James Daly and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1986 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides important empirical background to the continuing debate on Canadian industrial policy and trade. The analysis is based on primary data derived from a unique survey of individual firms, both Canadian and foreign-owned, conducted early in the 1981-1982 recession. The main purpose of the study is to assess whether recent changes in tariffs, exchange rates, wage rates, and other factors in Canada and the world economy suggest the need for any significant modification in the earlier analyses and conclusions. The study presents prior evidence on costs, specialization, and trade; assesses current costs and productivity, and presents new information on how increased exports and specialization would affect cost performance and international competitiveness; examines non-production costs and other non-cost influences on specialization and export performance; and suggests strategies for the private sector to consider in order to survive in the changing trade environment of the 1980s.
Download or read book The Economics of Industrial Innovation written by Christopher Freeman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the new chapters they deal with the international dimensions of technological change including underdevelopment, technology transfer, international trade, and globalization. They have also strengthened the historical account of the rise of new technologies, a main feature of earlier editions.
Download or read book Instead of FIRA written by Samuel Wex and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1984 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the back cover: A president of a foreign-controlled subidiary recently commented: "As the Canadian subsidiary of a multi-national, we do not necessarily always operate to do the best we can for our local books. We are attempting to optimize the parent company's books.". How can this perspective be changed so that the Canadian subidiary can gain a heightened sense of its independence as a profit centre, without a change occurring in ownership or formal control relationships? Canadian public policy, contends Samuel Wex, should seek to encourage maximization of the subsidiary's profits by focusing on its productivity and its international competitiveness. Its performance should stamp it as a good corporate citizen. In order to bring about this change of perspective, different approaches will be needed to create autonomous subsidiaries that are entrepreneurial and outward looking. These approaches, if adopted, could lead to an open-dorr policy to new foreign investment that would be entrepreneurial and innovative.
Download or read book Targeting High growth Industry written by Roy Edwin George and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1983 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the back cover: The question of an industrial strategy for Canada has had a prominent place in Canadian debate for many years. Most recently, there have been several advocates for adoption in Canada of a strategy of "picking winners". This means identifying and providing government support to industries with a high growth potential. As a corollary, it means not providing support to industries deemed to be "non-winners"....Professor George has approached the question by undertaking an examination of Canadian experience to date along with an examination of the experiences several other countries have had with a strategy of targetting high-growth industries. He brings to light information Canadian policy makers should take into account if they contemplate adopting such a strategy for Canada.
Download or read book The Decision to Patent written by Alexandra Zaby and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-08-22 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a thorough analysis of the decision to apply for a patent. Unlike many other theoretical approaches, the negative effect a patent may have due to the disclosure requirement linked to every patent application is taken into account. Seen in this light, the effects driving the propensity to patent can be identified as the opposing forces of a protective and a disclosure effect.The theoretical investigation includes an analysis of patenting behavior in a setting with vertically and horizontally differentiated products. Due to imperfect patent protection competitors of the patentee may enter the market for the innovative product despite a patent. An empirical investigation of the theoretical results with data from the 2005 Mannheim Innovation Panel in combination with patent information from the European Patent Office provides strong evidence for the main conclusions.
Download or read book Canadian Industrial Development written by Science Council of Canada and published by Science Council of Canada. This book was released on 1984 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What distinguishes this report on industrial policy from manythat have gone before is that the Science Council is notadvocating a new overall approach to industrial and technologypolicy. It supports the general direction of the policies andprograms that are already in place and focuses on what moreshould be done to enhance competitiveness and encourage change. The recommendations include specific proposals designed tosupport entrepreneurship, foster consensus and overcome certainweaknesses. In total, these recommendations will improveCanada's ability to adapt to the world of the 1980's and beyondand to seize the opportunities offered by the new technology andemerging economic conditions.
Download or read book Multinationals Governments and International Technology Transfer RLE International Business written by Edward Safarian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the international technology transfer process and the role of both multinationals and host-country governments in that process, with emphasis on the experience of the more developed countries. It explores a range of issues and presents much original thinking and research findings. It discusses in particular the strategies of the multinationals, assessing how far they are willing to accept technology transfer to external partners (as opposed to subsidiaries which they can control). It also examines how far technical transfers are successful from the viewpoint of the firm and countries involved, arguing that governments are most likely to succeed in attracting multinational transfers if they are aware of and accommodate to some degree multinationals’ preferences.
Download or read book Innovation Technology and the Economy written by Edwin Mansfield and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Creation and Transfer of Knowledge written by Giorgio Barba Navaretti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is knowledge an economic good? Which are the characteristics of the institutions regulating the production and diffusion of knowledge? Cumulation of knowledge is a key determinant of economic growth, but only recently knowledge has moved to the core of economic analysis. Recent literature also gives profound insights into events like scientific progress, artistic and craft development which have been rarely addressed as socio-economic institutions, being the domain of sociologists and historians rather than economists. This volume adopts a multidisciplinary approach to bring knowledge in the focus of attention, as a key economic issue.
