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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.
Presents research into the economics of the digital society. This work offers an overview of the changes that information and communication technologies (ICTs) have brought about in our analysis and understanding of society, focusing upon welfare economics, networks, the diffusion of businesses and various forms of entrepreneurship, and more. This important new book presents a unique body of research into the economics of the digital society. It questions how modern economies have been transformed as a result of digital goods and markets, and explores the policy implications and challenges of this revolution. Luc Soete and Bas ter Weel have assembled leading economists and social scientists ...
What is the potential of the new information and communication technologies? This book assesses the relationship between technological change and employment in all its dimensions, focusing on contemporary economies in Europe. The authors discuss patterns
. . . the topical way in which the subject is discussed makes this book useful also for policymakers or entrepreneurs interested in the subject. It is also appropriate for Masters or Ph.D. students who have a basic background in economics and management. . . [the book] provides interesting and deep analysis of the dynamic of knowledge economy and it is very well written. Francesca Masciarelli, Journal of Management and Governance The knowledge economy is a concept commonly deemed too ambiguous and elusive to hold any significance in current economic debate. This valuable book seeks to refute that myth. Presenting an important collection of views, from a number of leading scholars, this innov...
This title is about the most important concept underpinning current European Union research policy. It focuses on the notion of the European Research Area, a European 'internal market' for research, whose achievement will become the main objective of EU research policy once the Lisbon Treaty enters into force.
Presents results of a research programme on technological change and employment opportunities in the UK. Examines levels of employment, unemployment and nature of work.
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Study on interrelations among unemployment, innovations, business cycles and economic development - discusses the theoretical background, clustering of inventions and innovations (partic. Electronics industry), historical and current trends (1870-1980) and long term fluctuations in research and development, investment, economic growth, economic structure and employment creation, etc.; stresses the need for well-conceived economic policies to simultaneously promote technological change and combat unemployment and inflation. Graphs and references.
Study of technological change and employment trends from 1959 to 1982 in the electronics industry and electrical industry in the UK - discusses research and development performance in comparison with major OECD countries, comparative advantage, innovations, patents, labour productivity, productivity, economic concentration, industrial investment, exports, import penetration, role of industrial policy, etc.; includes employment projections to 1995 by occupational category. Diagrams, graphs and references.