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  • The rise of technological power in the South[electronic resource] /
  • Record Type: Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
    [NT 15000414]: 338.064091724
    Title/Author: The rise of technological power in the South/ edited by Xiaolan Fu, Luc Soete.
    other author: Fu, Xiaolan,
    Published: Basingstoke : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2010.
    Description: xxiii, 357 p. : : ill.
    Subject: Technological innovations - Developing countries.
    Subject: Technological innovations - Government policy - Developing countries.
    Subject: Technological innovations - Economic aspects - Developing countries.
    Subject: Developing countries - Economic policy.
    ISBN: 9780230276123
    ISBN: 0230276121
    [NT 15000227]: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    [NT 15000228]: Innovation Strategies of Three of the BRICS: Brazil, India and China- What Can We Learn From Three Different Approaches? / C.Dahlman -- Technological Catch Up of the Late Comers: Implications from the BRICS / D.Nayyar -- China's Development Model: An Alternative Strategy for Technological Catch-Up / X.Liu -- Science and Technology Policy in South Africa: A Critical Assessment of Past Performance and of Proposed Future Directions / D.Kaplan -- The Changing Geography of Innovation Activities: What do Patent Indicators Imply? / X.Li & Y.Pai -- The Finance of Innovative Investment in Emerging Economies / J.Mayer -- A Comprehensive Model of Technological Learning: Empirical Research on Chinese Manufacturing Sector / J.Chen, X.Pu & H.Shen -- The Innovation of SMEs and Development of Industrial Clusters in China: The Case of Yiwu Socks Cluster / W.Jinmin -- FDI, R&D and Innovation in theChinese Automobile Industry / F.Chen & P.Mohnen -- Role of Foreign Direct Investments in the Development of Innovative Capacity- Case of Russian Companies / J.Vaatanen,D.Podmentina & M.Aleksandrova --Human Capital and Technological Spillovers from FDI in the Chinese Regions: a Threshold Approach /M.Fu & T.Li -- Third World multinationals and South-South FDI / T.Fredriksson --Technological Competences in Sustainable Technologies in the BRICS Countries / R.Walz -- Information and CommunicationsTechnologies for Integration and Development: A Comparative Study of South Africa and Brazilin their Regional Contexts / P.Akpan-Obong & M.C.Parmentier -- Sustainability of Technology-intensive Social Innovation in India: the Role ofAbsorptive Capacity and Complementary Assets / X.Fu & C.Polzin -- Market Oriented Reforms, Domestic Technological Capabilities and Economic Development in Latin America / J.Katz -- Conclusions / L.Soete& X.Fu.
    [NT 15000229]: 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 forother developing countries, whilst providing new conceptsand 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.
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