Competitive industrial development in the age of information : the role of cooperation in the technology sector / / edited by Richard J. Braudo and Jeffrey G. MacIntosh

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784586203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999
• ISBN: 1-134-68365-0; 1-134-68366-9; 1-280-14128-X; 9786610141289; 0-203-97605-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; ; 12
• Altri autori (Persone): BraudoRichard J. <1954->; MacIntoshJeffrey G
• Disciplina: 338.4/762
• Soggetti: High technology industries - Government policy; Industrial policy; Competition - Government policy; Corporations - Taxation - Law and legislation; Industrial laws and legislation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Based on a May 1995 workshop held at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, and sponsored by the Faculty of Law with the law firms of Borden & Elliot and Stikeman, Elliot, and the Canadian Bar Association-National Competition Law Section.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; CONTENTS; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 High-technology industrial policy in Canada; 2 The role of cooperative industrial policy in Canada and Ontario; 3 Commentary; 4 Tax incentives and comparative advantage; 5 Evaluating R&D income tax incentives; 6 The banks and innovative enterprise; 7 The role of banks in the financing of knowledge-based SMEs; 8 Commentary; 9 Competition policy and cooperative innovation; 10 Competition as cooperation; 11 Commentary; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines how transnational corporations, small to medium ; enterprises and governments have emerged as the principal players in industrial development. This valuable work examines this trend, with particular reference to the role of the tax policy in technology development, the financing of technology-sector SMEs, the role of government policy and the relationship between competition and co-operation.