Empirical Analysis of the Competitive Trade Position
This chapter describes the current state and trends of the internationalisation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) activities in EU25 from a quantitative point of view. In this chapter, internationalisation is defined simply as the quantity
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Huub Meijers · Bernhard Dachs Paul J.J. Welfens (Editors)
Internationalisation of European ICT Activities Dynamics of Information and Communications Technology
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Dr. Huub Meijers UNU-MERIT University of Maastricht P.O.Box 616 6200 MD Maastricht Netherlands [email protected]
Professor Dr. Paul J.J. Welfens University of Wuppertal EIIW – European Institute for International Economic Relations Rainer-Gruenter-Straße 21 42119 Wuppertal Germany [email protected]
Bernhard Dachs Austrian Research Centers – ARC, Wien Department of Technology Policy Donau-City-Straße 1 1220 Vienna Austria [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-540-77108-1
e-ISBN 978-3-540-77109-8
DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-77109-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008922732 c 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Production: le-tex publishing services oHG, Leipzig Cover design: WMX Design GmbH, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper 987654321 springer.com
Acknowledgement This book is based on the final report of a study carried out for carried out for the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission, on the Internationalisation of European ICT activities. Apart from the efforts made by the authors, the success of this project was made possible through the encouragement and guidelines received from many others. We take this opportunity to express our gratitude to those who helped us in the successful completion of this project. We would like to thank the staff of IPTS and EC, in particular scientific officers Martin Ulbrich and Geomina Turlea from IPTS, for their support and critical assessment of earlier versions of this final report. The contribution from the team of external experts is greatly appreciated. We would like to thank Tim Kelly from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Christian Müller from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich (ETHZ), Hans Lööf from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm, and Rajneesh Narula from the University of Reading. All accepted our invitation to critically assess earlier versions of this book, their contribution of which was vital for the success o
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