Title: Structural changes in Scottish ICT manufacturing sector 2001–2003: the impact on Research and Development

Authors: Sean M. McDonald; Alistair H. McPherson

Addresses: Department of Global Studies, Bentley University, Waltham, MA 02452, USA. ' Jeanne and Dan Valente Center for Arts and Sciences, Bentley University, Waltham, MA 02452, USA

Abstract: The paper identifies changes in the structure of the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) manufacturing sector in Scotland, with specific reference to the major closures and redundancies during the period 2001–2003, and examines the implications of these changes for the development of the Scottish knowledge economy. However, the economic outputs of the sector, as measured by GVA, has been less severely affected and changes in the scale, composition and character of industry R&D, suggest that the indirect contribution of the sector to the development of a knowledge economy are likely to be more prevalent than in the past.

Keywords: Scotland; ICT manufacturing; information technology; communications technology; knowledge economy; R&D; research and development; innovation; FDI; foreign direct investment; structural changes.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMP.2012.043931

International Journal of Management Practice, 2012 Vol.5 No.1, pp.37 - 57

Published online: 01 Dec 2011 *

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