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Internationalisation of European ICT Activities

Dynamics of Information and Communications Technology

  • Comprehensive analysis of the development of the European ICT sector and strategic outlook

  • Policy conclusions for the EU's Lisbon agenda and beyond

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
  2. Introduction and Main Policy Lessons

    • Huub Meijers, Bernard Dachs, Paul J. J. Welfens
    Pages 1-5
  3. Concepts and Theory

    • Paul J. J. Welfens, Michael Vogelsang
    Pages 6-83
  4. Empirical Analysis of the Competitive Trade Position

    • Theo Dunnewijk, Huub Meijers
    Pages 84-131
  5. Trends in Foreign Direct Investment

    • Andre Jungmittag
    Pages 132-156
  6. Internationalisation of R&D in ICT

    • Bernhard Dachs, Georg Zahradnik
    Pages 157-185
  7. Policy Analysis and Policy Conclusions

    • Bernhard Dachs, Matthias Weber
    Pages 200-216
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 217-352

About this book

The internationalisation of information and communication technologies has accelerated since the 1990s in Europe and worldwide. Taking a close look at the empirical analysis of competitive trade positions, trends in foreign direct investment and the internationalisation of research and development in ICT brings many new insights about the expansion, innovation and adjustment in the EU’s most dynamic sector. Moreover, the analysis discusses case studies on key players in ICT and suggests major policy conclusions for a field considered fundamental in the context of the EU’s Lisbon Agenda. The theoretical and empirical analysis gives a new and differentiated picture of European ICT where the links between telecommunications dynamics, software innovation and digital services are crucial. Outsourcing, insourcing and offshoring are natural elements of a new digital international division of labour which require reforms in both the EU member countries and at the supranational level.

Editors and Affiliations

  • UNU-MERIT, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands

    Huub Meijers

  • Department of Technology Policy, Austrian Research Centers — ARC, Wien, Vienna, Austria

    Bernhard Dachs

  • EIIW — European Institute for International Economic Relations, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

    Paul J. J. Welfens

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Internationalisation of European ICT Activities

  • Book Subtitle: Dynamics of Information and Communications Technology

  • Editors: Huub Meijers, Bernhard Dachs, Paul J. J. Welfens

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77109-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-77108-1Published: 24 April 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-77109-8Published: 08 April 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 352

  • Topics: R & D/Technology Policy, Economic Policy, International Economics

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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