[SIGCIS-Members] the global computer industry

[Bernardo Batiz-Lazo]

Might be of interest
Bernardo
University of Leicester

Technology adoption and factor proportions in open economies : theory
and evidence from the global computer industry
Date:	2009-09-01
By:	Cusolito , Ana P.
Lederman, Daniel
URL:	http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:5043&r=his
Theories of international trade assume that all countries use similar
and exogenous technologies in the production of any good. This paper
relaxes this assumption. The marriage of literatures on biased
technical change and trade yields a tractable theory, which predicts
that differences in factor endowments and intellectual property rights
bias technical change toward particular factor intensities, and thus
unit factor input requirements can vary across economies. Using data
on net exports of a single industry, computers, intellectual property
rights and factor endowments for 73 countries during 1980-2000, the
paper shows that once technological choices are considered, countries
with different factor endowments can become net exporters of the same
product.
Keywords:	Technology Industry,Economic Theory&Research,ICT Policy and
Strategies,E-Business,Labor Policies