Summary of the Structure and Dynamics of International Trade Opportunities for New Technologies

摘要

This paper first provides a nomenclature and symbol system for describing the infrastructure that supports the export (or the import) of goods between countries. While the principal interest is in the export of high-technology goods to early foreign markets, the principles involved also apply to domestic commercialization of new technologies. The nomenclature-symbol system presented provides a schematic method of displaying complete relationships between actors and functions - an interaction matrix. A second aspect of the paper involves sketching out the need for further work to identify the motives, problems, and constraints of each key actor in international trade, particularly regarding new high-technology products. It is believed that the investigation should emphasize initial phases of market development when the behavior of actors does not appear to follow previous applications of microeconomic theory. Understanding this difference between theory and behavior could improve Federal efforts to commercialize new technologies. 18 references. (ERA citation 04:055058)