Barriers to entry, internationalisation and technology (BITE)

Project in the field of international industrial economics analysing the interaction between technology development and commercialisation.

Cooperation with SSB

Participants

Fulvio Castellacci
Arne Melchior

Barriers to entry, internationalisation and technology (BITE)

A principal objective of the project is to bridge the gap between research on technology on one side, and research on internationalisation and market structure on the other, by studying the interaction between technology and markets, with a focus on internationalisation. According to technology-based perspectives, innovation and technology flows are the fundamental determinants of development and growth. According to new trade theory and the economic geography approach, however, industrial development is to a larger extent shaped by market forces. The point of departure for this project is that both perspectives are right, but at the same time also erroneous since they do not properly account for the other. In the project, the purpose is therefore to bridge the gap between the two approaches, as a step towards an integrated framework for research and policy discussion in the field.

Finansiering

Norwegian Research Council