Competitive Industrial Development in the Age of Information - 9780415178549

Taylor & Francis

This book examines how transnational corporations, small to medium enterprises and governments have emerged as the principal players in industrial development. > This book examines how transnational corporations, small to medium enterprises and governments have emerged as the principal players in industrial development. This valuable work examines this trend, with particular reference to the role of the tax policy in technology development, the financing of technology-sector SMEs, the role of government policy and the relationship between competition and co-operation. > Introduction PART I Competition as cooperation: policy perspective 1 High-technology industrial policy in Canada: the future of an illusion or an illusion of the future 2 The role of cooperative industrial policy in Canada and Ontario 3 Commentary PART II Tax policy and technology development 4 Tax incentives and comparative advantage 5 Evaluating R&D income tax incentives: some lessons from the Australian e.