Product Description: `Biotechnology' - the integrated use of biochemistry, microbiology, and chemical engineering for the technological application of the capabilities of microbes and cultured tissue cells - is quickly becoming pervasive and challenging, rapidly developing both new techniques and industries...read more

Product Description: Following the demise of the Washington Consensus, developing countries are looking for new ideas to guide their development. This innovative book suggests taking seriously some of the findings of evolutionary economics and paying specific attention to the institutions that matter for economic development, particularly those related to science, technology and innovation...read more

Product Description: Niosi looks at the history of Canada's National System of Innovation (NSI), particularly during the post-war period, illuminating the fact that during and after World War II over 30 research universities, 150 government laboratories, and dozens of government policies aimed at nurturing innovation in private firms, academia, and government organizations were developed...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Basing his study on in-depth interviews with more than 130 companies across Canada, Jorge Niosi analyses the scope of collaborative research activities - both domestic and international - in the fields of biotechnology, electronics, advanced materials, and manufacturing of transportation equipment. He describes successful patterns of collaboration, obstacles and limitations, and the role of public policy, universities, and government laboratories in technological alliances. He compares Canadian partnerships and public policy with similar patterns in the United States, Europe, and Japan.

Product Description: "It is refreshing to come upon a book that discounts the theory of the American control of Canada."--Financial Post¶"The challenge accepted was a particularly difficult one. The results obtained are remarkable."--La Presse¶"Niosi has broken new and important ground...read more

Product Description: "It is refreshing to come upon a book that discounts the theory of the American control of Canada."--Financial Post¶"The challenge accepted was a particularly difficult one. The results obtained are remarkable."--La Presse¶"Niosi has broken new and important ground...read more

Product Description: Two prominent economists examine the decline of U.S. industry, covering the post-World War period to the Reagan era. "A convenient summary of a vast amount of research.... packed with facts and figures."--The Village Voice¶"Bellon and Niosi provide a better-argued, academic analysis...read more

Product Description: First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Description: 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...read more

Product Description: 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 companies in the manufacturing, mining, and public service sectors, challenging existing theories of multinationals...read more

Product Description: Who are the most powerful businessmen in Canada? How large is the corporate elite? And how much influence do the, foreign owners of branch plants have over the Canadian economy?investors. Author Jorge Niosi examines the anatomy of corporate, power in Canada, stressing the difference between the owners of' large corporations and the lawyers, accountants and others who advise and assist them...read more