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Author: Romesh Diwan ,
Chandana Chakraborty ,
Zoltan J. Acs
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.581kg
ISBN: 9780275930325
ISBN 10: 0275930327
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 30 November 1991
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Diwan and Chakraborty identify the industries that form the high-technology sector, industries that account for one fifth to one quarter of total manufacturing. Historically, the United States has had a comparative advantage in these industries, but the strength in high technology appears to be eroding. This pattern is consistent with a progressive wave of deindustrialization that began with labor intensive industries, then inundated heavy industry, and now is threatening high technology. The authors recommend promoting high technology through targeting R&D and having corporations spend more funds on worker training. They justify the latter recommendation on the basis of their finding that skilled labor and capital are complements in the high-tech sector. This book evolved from a dissertation and contains detailed explanation of statistical and theoretical matters that will distract the nonspecialist. University collections. - Choice
Diwan and Chakraborty identify the industries that form the high-technology sector, industries that account for one fifth to one quarter of total manufacturing. Historically, the United States has had a comparative advantage in these industries, but the strength in high technology appears to be eroding. This pattern is consistent with a progressive wave of deindustrialization that began with labor intensive industries, then inundated heavy industry, and now is threatening high technology. The authors recommend promoting high technology through targeting R&D and having corporations spend more funds on worker training. They justify the latter recommendation on the basis of their finding that skilled labor and capital are complements in the high-tech sector. This book evolved from a dissertation and contains detailed explanation of statistical and theoretical matters that will distract the nonspecialist. University collections. * Choice *
?Diwan and Chakraborty identify the industries that form the high-technology sector, industries that account for one fifth to one quarter of total manufacturing. Historically, the US has had a comparative advantage in these industries, but the strength in high technology appears to be eroding. This pattern is consistent with a progressive wave of deindustrialization that began with labor intensive industries, then inundated heavy industry, and now is threatening high technology. The authors recommend promoting high technology through targeting R & D and having corporations spend more funds on worker training. They justify the latter recommendation on the basis of their finding that skilled labor and capital are complements in the high-tech sector. This book evolved from a dissertation and contains detailed explanation of statistical and theoretical matters that will distract the nonspecialist. University collections.?-Choice
Author Information
Romesh Diwan is professor of economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is the author of numerous books and articles on economics, productivity, and competitiveness, including Essays in Gandhian Economics, Productivity and Technical Change in Foodgrains, and Alternative Development Strategies and Appropriate Technology: Policy for an Equitable World Order. Chandana Chakraborty is assistant professor of economics at Montclair State College. She has presented numerous papers to economics conferences and has published articles in Economics Letters and Eastern Economic Journal.
