Trends in the development of technology and their effects on the production structure in the European Community

• Main Authors: DE MEYER, Arnoud Cyriel Leo, SCHUTTE, Hellmut
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1990
• Subjects: Operations and Supply Chain Management; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5472
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this paper, the authors have made an attempt to build a scenario of how technology can have an impact on the Production structure i n Europe, and how these changes will effect the international division of labour. The authors start from the premise that the applications of new product and process technologies are leading to stepwise changes in production structures. They borrow from economic and managerial theories, present a number of scenarios for two types of technologies (biotechnology and information technology). From these scenarios some implications are proposed.