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Title

The rise of technological power in the South / edited by Xiaolan Fu, Luc Soete.

Publication

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Additional Authors

• Fu, Xiaolan, 1967-
• Soete, Luc.

Description

xxiii, 357 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The rise of the emerging economies is dramatically changing the landscape of the world economy. Tremendous efforts and various strategies have been used to build up technological capabilities in the emerging economies. This book explores the drivers of technological upgrading and catch-up in the emerging economies, paying specific attention to technology and innovation policies, national innovation systems, the role of foreign direct investment and small and medium enterprises. Through cross-country comparisons and in-depth case studies of the emerging economies, this volume offers practical implications and valuable lessons for other developing countries, whilst providing new concepts and visions for future research. This book is essential reading for all interested in science and technology policy, innovation systems and management, development economics and industrial economics."--P. [4] of cover.

Subject

• Technological innovations > Developing countries
• Technological innovations > Government policy > Developing countries
• Technological innovations > Economic aspects > Developing countries
• Developing countries > Economic conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Innovation strategies in Brazil, China and India : from imitation to deepening technological capability in the South / Carl Dahlman -- Economic growth and technological capabilities in BRICS : implications for latecomers to industrialization / Deepak Nayyar -- The changing geography of innovation activities : what do patents indicators imply? / Xuan Li and Yogesh A. Pai -- China's catch-up and innovation model : a case of the IT industry / Xielin Liu -- Science and technology and economic growth in South Africa : performance and prospects / David Kaplan -- Market-oriented reforms, domestic technological capabilities and economic development in Latin America / Jorge Katz -- The finance of innovative investment in emerging economies / Jörg Mayer -- A comprehensive model of technological learning : empirical research on the Chinese manufacturing sector / Jin Chen, Xiaoyu Pu and Haihua Shen -- The innovation of SMEs and development of industrial clusters in China / Jinmin Wang -- FDI, R&D and innovation output in the Chinese automobile industry / Chen Fang and Pierre Mohnen -- The role of FDI in the development of innovative capacity : the case of Russian companies / Juha Väätänen, Daria Podmetina and Marina Aleksandrova -- Human capital and technological spillovers from FDI in the Chinese regions : a threshold approach / Miao Fu and Tieli Li -- Transnational corporations from emerging economies and south-south FDI / Torbjörn Fredriksson -- Technological competences in sustainability technologies in the BRICS countries / Rainer Walz -- Coordination, convergence or contradiction : information and communication technologies for integration and development in southern Africa and the southern cone / Patience I. Akpan-Obong and Mary Jane C. Parmentier -- Sustainability of technology-intensive social innovation in India : the role of absorptive capacity and complementary assets / Xiaolan Fu and Christine Polzin -- Conclusions : Science, technology and development : emerging concepts and visions / Xiaolan Fu, Luc Soete and Lina Sönne.

Call Number

JBD 12-460

ISBN

• 9780230238404 (hbk.)
• 0230238408 (hbk.)

LCCN

2010285831

OCLC

468976139

Title

The rise of technological power in the South / edited by Xiaolan Fu, Luc Soete.

Imprint

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Fu, Xiaolan, 1967-

Soete, Luc.

Research Call Number

JBD 12-460