High-tech industries employment and global competitiveness

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Publication details: New Delhi Routledge 2008Description: viii, 268 pISBN:

9780415460903

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338.95

Summary: Industries like information technology, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals have played an important role in the transition of Chinese and Indian economies. This book offers an understanding of the behaviour of firms in these industries, and the contribution they have made to the nature and growth of employment. This study also dwells upon the emerging nature of scientific and technological developments like nanotechnology, novel materials, and spintronics and quantum computers, with the conclusion that in the future, knowledge and technology are going to be the real sources of wealth for nations.

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Industries like information technology, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals have played an important role in the transition of Chinese and Indian economies. This book offers an understanding of the behaviour of firms in these industries, and the contribution they have made to the nature and growth of employment. This study also dwells upon the emerging nature of scientific and technological developments like nanotechnology, novel materials, and spintronics and quantum computers, with the conclusion that in the future, knowledge and technology are going to be the real sources of wealth for nations.

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