Globalization of the Economy, Unemployment and Innovation: Structural Change, Schumpetrian Adjustment, and New Policy Challenges Book

	Introduction	1
A	Economic Globalization	5
1	Globalization of the Economy and Increasing International Competition	7
2	Globalization and Rising Importance of Diffusion	47
3	Globalization, Telecommunications and Diffusion	48
B	Unemployment and Innovation in Europe	51
1	EU Labor Markets Facing Globalization and Intensified Technology Competition	53
2	The Global Economy: R&D, Structural Change and Employment Shifts	78
C	Labor Costs, Unemployment and Innovation	163
1	Labor Cost Pressure and Unemployment	165
2	Factors Underlying High Labor Costs	169
3	Analytical Types of Wage and Labor Cost Pressure	171
4	Wage Pressure, Productivity Growth and Innovation	179
5	Bargaining Regimes and Incentives	184
6	Firm Size, Productivity and Labor Costs	186
7	Wage Pressure, Innovation, FDI and Unemployment	187
8	Conclusions and Policy Implications for Europe	196
D	Issues of Innovation Policy	205
1	R&D Policy and Reforms	207
2	Innovation and Innovation Policy	220
3	Adjusting Guidelines, Promoting Cooperation and Increasing Transparency	224
4	Environmental Problems and Growth: Some Policy Conclusions	225
5	Exploiting Communication Opportunities	226
6	New Role for the EU in Education Policies	227
7	Mobilizing Entrepreneurship in Universities	228
8	Perspectives: Globalization and Political Innovation in a Democracy	229
9	Globalization, the Information Society and Economic Catching-up in the World Economy	233
	List of Tables and Figures	241
	References	243