Advanced countries have shown an increasing convergence in their economic performance and technological intensity, with a relative decline of the position of the United States and the emergence of the European and Japanese economies. The Technological Specialization of Advanced Countries moves...

1. At the root of the crisis : some proposed explanations -- 2. Technological change, patterns of innovation, and economic development : the contribution of the neo-Schumpeterian research -- 3. The role of the rules : national systems of innovation and labour market institutions -- 4. Is the...