Differences over a decade: high tech capabilities and competitive performance of 28 nations

People often look to technology-based advancement as the key to achieving and maintaining economic competitiveness. This belief often resonates through national policy at the highest levels. Does investing in high technology really provide a competitive advantage? Since 1986, researchers at Georgia Tech's Technology Policy and Assessment Center have been systematically monitoring national high technology-based industrial competitiveness to help address this question. This paper reports on a longitudinal assessment of high technology capability and resulting competitive standing across 28 countries from 1993 through 2003. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.