Comparative Advantages in Microelectronics,
Abstract
The initial point of departure for analyzing comparative advantages in microelectronics is to make certain explicit assumptions. First, technology changes conditions but does not determine comparative advantages. Secondly, the entire industrial infrastructure is becoming increasingly abstract, based upon technologies and guided by science. Thirdly, the all-pervasive characteristics of information technology will affect to different degrees of industries and productive activities. This comprehensive technology simultaneously affects: Production - Products and Processes, Structured and unstructured office work, services and information flows. Finally, production (in the general sense of transformation of nature and not only manufacturing) is becoming more and more a product of capital rather than labor. Current technological changes and the advent of a comprehensive information technology call for re-conceptualisation of development strategies beyond mere implementation of informatic policies. This re-conceptualization should consider that informatics will profoundly affect the productive infrastructure and the international division of labour.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADP001475
Entities
People
- Juan F. Rada