Routledge Library Editions: Economics of the European Union- Western Europe

Western Europe (1987) looks at the ‘technology gap’ myth around the comparison of the high technology industries of Western Europe and the United States and Japan. It compares the environment for innovation in the US, Japan and Western Europe, analysing differences in technology, industrial structures, demand and government policies. Western Europe (1987) looks at the ‘technology gap’ myth around the comparison of the high technology industries of Western Europe and those of the United States and Japan. It compares and contrasts the environment for innovation in the US, Japan and Western Europe, analysing differences in the respective technological bases, industrial structures, patterns of demand and government policies to find just where West European frailties lay.