The first part of the collection reassesses and elaborates on Nobel Prize winner Wassily Leontief's input-output model and makes use of Michael V. Posner's technology gap trade theory to examine international trade and import-export factor intensity. The contributors clearly isolate technology...

Canada is one of the principal exporters of capital to other countries. It is home to several multinationals which in their respective areas of activity are among the largest in the world. This goundbreaking work, originally published in French, considers the nature and role of over a dozen...

Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Some key points of the solar photovoltaic sector -- 3. Sector evolution under innovation cascade -- 4. The catch-up of the Chinese solar pv sector -- 5. Anchored clusters: the rise and fall of solar pv -- 6. Star scientists in pv technology and the limits of...

1. Convergence, catching up, institutions, and growth -- 2. Systems of innovation and economic development -- 3. Industrial and technology policy -- 4. Building blocks of innovation -- 5. Building systems of innovation : three phases and three cases -- 6. Developing countries : four cases -- 7....