Accelerating the Globalization of America : The Role of Information Technology.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Accelerating Globalization: Why Focus on Information Technology? -- Globalization in a Petri Dish -- Defining Information Technology -- Economic Characteristics of IT -- Chapter 2 Linkages Between US Firms and Global Markets for IT Products -- An Expanding Global Marketplace -- Integrating US Firms into the Global Marketplace -- Foreign-Owned IT and Communications Firms in the US Marketplace -- The Rise of the Global IT and Communications Company -- Appendix 2A The Shifting Global Market for Semiconductors -- Appendix 2B How to Classify and Rank the Top Technology Companies -- Chapter 3 Globalization and IT Prices, Diffusion, and Productivity -- Globalization of IT and Implications for Prices -- Macroeconomic Overview of IT Investment in the US Economy -- IT Diffusion and US Productivity Growth -- The US Experience Compared with Other Countries -- Chapter 4 Information Technology, Outsourcing, and the New International Trade in Services -- US Cross-Border Trade in IT Products -- IT and International Trade in Business and Professional Services -- Prospects for Further Trade in Services -- Appendix 4A Challenges of International Trade Data for IT Products -- Chapter 5 Information Technology and Labor Markets -- IT and the US Labor Market -- Globalization of Business Services and White-Collar Jobs -- International Trade in Skilled Labor: Cross-Border Movement of IT Professionals -- Chapter 6 Globalization of Innovation -- R&amp -- D, Innovation, and Growth -- Information Technology R&amp -- D: Who, How Much, and Where? -- Human Capital and Innovation -- Globalization of Venture Finance -- Chapter 7 A Look Forward with a Policy Agenda -- A Proactive Policy Agenda -- A Plea for Data -- Final Word -- Appendix A Methodology and Definitions -- Definitions.

IT Industries in BEA Data -- Some Statistical Caveats -- References -- Index.

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