Will Low Technology Products Disappear? The Hidden Innovation Processes in Low Technology Industries

摘要

Political discussions and analyses have usually been devoted to an understanding of the development of high technology products, although low technology products have dominated the industrial structure of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. The important role of low Technology product in these countries raises the question of whether we can observe a technological paradox In the industrial structure of the more advanced nations, the dominant role of this sector in spite of its Competitive disadvantages because of high wages.