Governance and knowledge : the politics of foreign investment, technology and ideas / edited by Helge Hveem and Carl Henrik Knutsen.
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TextSeries: Routledge/GARNET seriesCIPSEurope in the world: 18.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2012Description: xx, 273 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780415698481 (hardback); 0415698480 (hardback); 9780203118450 (ebook); 0203118456 (ebook)Subject(s): Technological innovations -- Government policy -- European Union countries | Technology and state -- European Union countries | Diffusion of innovations -- European Union countries | Research, Industrial -- European Union countries -- Finance | Investments, Foreign -- European Union countriesDDC classification: 303.48/3094 LOC classification: HC240.9.T4 | G69 2012Other classification: POL000000 Summary: "This book examines the politics of technology, and provides a detailed analysis of developments and debates within the European Union, international trade and governance.An important empirical contribution to the literature on the relations between politics and technology, this volume contains empirical statistical studies based on a wide variety of different types of data, and includes expert contributions from different academic disciplines. With a selection of detailed case studies, this book is divided into three main sections:The first part presents contributions on the role of domestic national policies for innovation and idea diffusion, including studies on Japan and the European Union.The second part takes a critical look at how the international system of intellectual property rights access to knowledge, opportunities for development and health improvement, examining the TRIPS agreement and the European patent system.The third part focuses on the role of foreign direct investment in innovation and idea diffusion, with studies on a wide range of cases using different, novel data material.Governance and Knowledge will be of interest to students, scholars and policy-makers of European politics, political economy, international trade, governance and economics"--Provided by publisher.Summary: "This book examines the politics of technology, and provides a detailed analysis of developments and debates within the European Union, international trade and governance"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-266) and index.
"This book examines the politics of technology, and provides a detailed analysis of developments and debates within the European Union, international trade and governance.An important empirical contribution to the literature on the relations between politics and technology, this volume contains empirical statistical studies based on a wide variety of different types of data, and includes expert contributions from different academic disciplines. With a selection of detailed case studies, this book is divided into three main sections:The first part presents contributions on the role of domestic national policies for innovation and idea diffusion, including studies on Japan and the European Union.The second part takes a critical look at how the international system of intellectual property rights access to knowledge, opportunities for development and health improvement, examining the TRIPS agreement and the European patent system.The third part focuses on the role of foreign direct investment in innovation and idea diffusion, with studies on a wide range of cases using different, novel data material.Governance and Knowledge will be of interest to students, scholars and policy-makers of European politics, political economy, international trade, governance and economics"--Provided by publisher.
"This book examines the politics of technology, and provides a detailed analysis of developments and debates within the European Union, international trade and governance"--Provided by publisher.
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