The Economic Challenge for Europe
Adapting to Innovation Based Growth
Edward Elgar Publishing
Will be published approx. on 25. November 1999
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-1-84064-124-0 (ISBN)
Description
Europe's performance relative to the US and countries in Asia is a topic that greatly preoccupies policymakers who are concerned that the European Union is losing ground compared to other, more dynamic, parts of the world. This book presents the scale and scope of the challenges that Europe faces in adjusting to globalization and advances in technology.The evidence assembled in this book points to trends in European Union performance that policymakers will find disconcerting. In many areas, Europe has not kept pace with the technological advances of competitors and seems to have lost its dynamism. Employment creation has been lacklustre, new specializations have been slow to emerge and the rate of innovation has been disappointing. The core message in this book is that the problems Europe faces in key areas such as growth, equality and employment are all related to its failure to take sufficient advantage of technological advances, particularly the information and communication technology (ICT) revolution. It is concluded that a coherent European strategy for upgrading technological capability and embedding new technologies, especially ICTs, in society is long overdue.
This book will be indispensable to scholars and policymakers in the areas of economic growth, international competitiveness, innovation, regional development and European studies.
This book will be indispensable to scholars and policymakers in the areas of economic growth, international competitiveness, innovation, regional development and European studies.
Reviews / Votes
'The book is a collection of ten articles that focus on broad comparative analysis of innovation and growth, information technology, and regional technical progress. The editors are to be commended for their efforts in producing this book. Studies of long-run technical change and competitiveness are rarely undertaken in our short-run world, and such studies are of great importance for Europe in the global economy. . . . a very useful and valuable book. . . . I recommend this work to any library or professor's bookshelf where technological change and Europe are of interest.' -- Joseph Dahms, Journal of Economic IssuesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84064-124-0 (9781840641240)
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Persons
Edited by Jan Fagerberg, Professor, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK), University of Oslo, Norway, Paolo Guerrieri, Visiting Professor, Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Sciences Po, France and Bart Verspagen, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Content
Contents: Preface 1. Europe - A Long View 2. The Impact of Specialization in Europe 3. European Competitiveness: Quality Rather than Price 4. Employment Dynamics and Structural Change in Europe 5. Europe and the Information and Communication Technologies Revolution 6. Lack of Regional Convergence 7. Europe: One or Several Systems of Innovation? An Analysis Based on Patent Citations 8. Changing the Regional System of Innovation 9. The Implications of Eastward Enlargement for EU Integration, Convergence and Competitiveness 10. Conclusions and Policy Implications Index