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Determinants of Innovative Activity
Pages 393-398

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From page 393...
... First, each recognizes the diff~culty indeed the impossibility—of making statements about the sources, determinants, and impact of technical change that are valid for all economic sectors. Second, each stresses the importance of technological activities in national economic performance, even if Hannay and Okimoto concentrate on innovative leads and logs as important determinants of international competitiveness, whereas David emphasizes the contribution of the diffusion of innovations to national productive efficiency.
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From page 394...
... R PAVIIT RELATIVE TECHNOLOGICAL POSITIONS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES I have been both puzzled and alarmed at the apparent inconsistency of analysis and commentary published in Western Europe, Japan, and the United States on the relative technological levels of the three regions.
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From page 395...
... It therefore reflects, if only implicitly, the expectation that office and consumer electronics and related components will offer greater market opportunities in the future than the sectors in which Western Europe is relatively strong. DETERMINANTS OF NATIONAL PATTERNS OF TECHNOLOGICAL ACTIVITY It is important for bow analysis and policy to improve not only our measurement of the level and composition of innovative activities, but also our understanding of He determinants of international differences.
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From page 396...
... have pointed out, under such circumstances technological choice in firms reflects not only relative factor costs, but also skills accumulated through past technological activities, together with expectaiions about future technological and market developments. In comparing U.S.
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From page 397...
... Washington, D.C.: National Science Foundation. Pavitt, K
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