What Innovation Advantage?

摘要

There is a romantic notion in North American business that its future lies in design and innovation,while India and China will be the home of less skilled,lower-paying operations churning out the products and services the U.S.comes up with.It is a nifty twist on David Ricardo's seminal 19th century theory of "comparative advantage," which explained why cloudy and cool England exported woolen goods to sunny and hot Spain,which in turn exported wine to England.