Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Contributors -- Introduction -- PART ONE: TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY, AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE -- 1 Technological Change and International Trade -- 2 Technology Intensity of us, Canadian, and Japanese Manufactures Output and Exports -- 3 Canadian Industrial Energy Consumption and External Trade -- 4 Technological Clusters and Competitive Poles: The Case of Canadian Energy -- PART TWO: STATE, TECHNOLOGY, AND COMPETITIVENESS -- 5 Technological Innovation and International Competitiveness -- 6 The State and International Trade: Technology and Competitiveness -- 7 Technological Competitiveness Considered as a Form of Structural Competitiveness -- 8 Indicators of Industrial Competitiveness: Results and Limitations -- PART THREE: TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNMENT STRATEGY -- 9 New Modes of Competition in the Textile and Clothing Industry: Some Consequences for Third World Exporters -- 10 Engineering, Design Services, and Technology Transfers: The Case of the Republic of South Korea -- PART FOUR: INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE AND INNOVATION -- 11 Oligopoly, Innovation, and Firm Competitiveness.