Cambridge University Press, 1999
Edited by David B. Audretsch,
Indiana University
and Roy Thurik, Erasmus University,
Rotterdam
Contributors: David Audretsch, Roy Thurik, Bee Yan Aw, Geeta Batra, John Baldwin, Mohammed Rafiquzzaman, Martin Carree, Marcel Lever, Henry Nieuwenhuijsen, Jacques Mairee, Bronwyn Hall, Lee Branstetter, BrunoCrepon, Michael Fritsch, Rolf Lukas, Bo Carlsson, Pontus Braunerhjelm, Paula Stephan, Luuk Klomp, Joachim Wagner, Jose Mata, Pedro Portugal, Enrico Santarelli, Marco Vivarelli, Leo Sleuwaegen, Micheline Goedhuys
Description: Traditional approaches
to creating employment and economic growth have failed in the 1990s. A
new understanding of what creates jobs and drives growth has emerged in
a cross-disciplinary approach which combines industrial organisation, the
economics of technological change and international economics. The new
approach focuses on the dynamics of firms and industries as sources of
innovation (and consequently increased competitiveness, job creation and
economic growth), and emphasises the shift in economic activity based on
traditional factors of production to being based on new economic knowledge.
Innovation, Industry Evolution and Employment, edited by David Audretsch
and Roy Thurik, brings together leading scholars to present important and
original research in this exciting new area. With case study material taken
from countries including France, Germany, Holland, Canada and the US, Innovation,
Industry Evolution and Employment will be vital reading for policy-makers,
researchers and students.
Chapter Contents: Introduction - David
Audretsch and Roy Thurik; 2. Wages, firm size and wage inequality how much
do exports matter - Bee Yan Aw and Geeta Batra; 3. Trade, technology and
wage differentials in the Canadian manufacturing sector - John Baldwin
and Mohammed Rafiquzzaman; 4. Industrial structure and economic growth
- Martin Carree and Roy Thurik; 5. The impact ofcompetition on productivity
in Dutch manufacturing - Marcel Lever and Henry Nieuwenhuijsen; 6. Does
cash flow cause investment and R and D an exploration using panel data
for French, Japanese and US scientific firms - Jacques Mairee, Bronwyn
Hall, Lee Branstetter and Bruno Crepon; 7. Innovation, cooperation, and
the region - Michael Fritsch and Rolf Lukas; 8. Industry clusters biotechnology
and polymers in Ohio and Sweden - Bo Carlsson and Pontus Braunerhjelm;
9. How and why does knowledge spill over in biotechnology? - David Audretsch
and Paula Stephan; 10. Do services differ from manufacturing? The post-entry
performance of firms in Dutch services - David Audretsch, Luuk Klomp and
Roy Thurik; 11. Who exits from German manufacturing industries and why?
- Joachim Wagner; 12. Technology intensity, demand conditions and the longevity
of firms - Jose Mata and Pedro Portugal; 13. Does
startup size influence the likelihood of survival? - David Audretsch, Enrico
Santarelli and Marco Vivarelli; 14. Barriers to growth of firms
in developing countries evidence from Burundi - Leo Sleuwaegen and Micheline
Goedhuys.
Title Details:
Binding: Hardback
Bibliographic information:
228 x 152 mm 330pp 55 tables 12
figures 2 maps
ISBN: 0 521 64166 7
05 August 1999
Price: £ 40.00