User—producer interaction, learning and comparative advantage
批判性评估了国内先进用户对竞争力的积极影响假说，基于16个OECD国家1965-1987年数据的经济计量检验，结果强烈支持该假说，且在国内市场面临国际竞争时关系更强。
Porter's book "The Competitive Advantage of Nations " (1990) has led to increasing attention on the favourable impact that "advanced domestic users" may have on competitiveness. This paper presents a critical appraisal of the theoretical and empirical evidence on this relationship. An econometric test of the hypothesis -of a positive impact of advanced domestic users on competitiveness -on data for 16 OECD countries between 1965 and 1987 is presented. In general, the results give strong support to the hypothesis under test. The relationship appears to be stronger in cases where the home-market is exposed to international competition.