High Skills Globalization, Competitiveness, and Skill Formation [Paperback]

Today, economic success is seen as depending on the creation of a high-skilled workforce. This is the first book to offer a comparative examination of national routes to a 'high skill' economy.

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Skill Formation in the Twenty-First Century,Phillip Brown
Introduction
Humsn Capital Theory
What's Wrong with Human Capital Theory
The Political Economy of High Skill Formtion
The Seven C's of High Skill Formation
A Note on Comparative Method
2. Models of High Skills in National Competition Strategies,Andy Green and Akiko Sakamoto
Policy Arguments for High Skills
Germany - The High Skills Society Model
Singapore - The Developmental High Skills Model
Japan - The High Skills Manufacturing Model
THe UK - High Skills/Low Skills Model
Skill Formation Systems and the Global Economy
3. Innovation, Skill Diffusion, and Social Exclusion,Hugh Lauder
Introduction
THe Nature of Innovation and Skill Diffusion
Educational Training and Labour Market Regimes
Labour Market Regimes and Exclusion
A Comparative Analysis of ET Systems, Labour Market Structures, and Skill Diffusion
The Occupational Labour Market
The Internal Labour Market
The Guided Labour Market
The Flexible Labour Market
Polarization of Incomes, Skill Acquisition, and Diffusion
Training and Skill Foundations for Moving Up the Value Chain
Conclusion
4. Globalization, Multinationals, and the Labour Market,Hugh Lauder, with Yadollah Mehralizadeh
Introduction
Competing Hypotheses Concerning Globalization
Globalization and the German Occupational Labour Market
Globalization and the Korean Internal Labour Market
Globalization and Singapore's Guided Labour Market
Globalization and Britain's Flexible Labour Market
High-Performance Work Practices and Key Skills
The Case Study
ConclusilS'