The Development of High Technology Industries

Michael J. Breheny

1. Introduction 2. High Technology Industry and the International Division of Labour: The Case of Electronics 3. The Growth and Internationalisation of the American Semiconductor Industry: Labour Processes and the Changing Spatial Organisation of Production 4. Technology Waves and the Future Sources of Employment and Wealth Creation in Britain 5. Competition, Internationalisation and the Regions: The Example of the Information Technology Production Industries in Europe 6. High Technology Industry in Canada: Locational and Policy Issues of the Technology Gap 7. The Location of High Technology Industries in France 8. High Technology Industry in Australia: A Matter of Policy 9. The Development of High Technology Industry in Japan 10. H.T.U.K: The Development of the United Kingdom's Major Centre of High Technology Industry