Publisher's Synopsis
This collection of essays is concerned with the problems of small countries in confronting the rapid changes in technology which are transforming the structure of world economy. It is based on a number of papers contributed to an international seminar at Tannishus in northern Denmark in 1987. Colleagues from countries as diverse as Hungary, Canada, Israel, Belgium, Austria, Netherland and UK ensured that the discussion ranged widely over a variety of national circumstances.;Specifically, the central issue addressed is how small countries (and/or developing countries) can make a flexible and timely response in adapting the structure of their research, production and trade to the opportunities and the dangers presented by the micro-electronic revolution and other new technologies.;The book is divided into three parts. In the first part, the fundamental theoretical problems are discussed and previous literature reviewed. The second part consists of five empirical studies concerned with the problems of small countries in micro-electronics and related information technologies. Finally, the main policy issues at the level of national decision-making in small countries are assessed.
