The Rise of Technological Power in the South

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.

ISBN 0230238408   Pages 384 ISBN13 9780230238404 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 539 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan   Published in Basingstoke Imprint Palgrave Macmillan   Height (mm) 222 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 141 Publication date 15 Apr 2010   Spine width (mm) 22 DEWEY 338.064091724   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

1		Innovation strategies in Brazil, China and India : from imitation to deepening technological capability in the South by Carl Dahlman		15
2		Economic growth and technological capabilities in BRICS : implications for latecomers to industrialization by Deepak Nayyar		49
3		The changing geography of innovation activities : what do patents indicators imply? by Xuan Li and Yogesh A. Pai		69
4		China's catch-up and innovation model : a case of the IT industry by Xielin Liu		89
5		Science and technology and economic growth in South Africa : performance and prospects by David Kaplan		107
6		Market-oriented reforms, domestic technological capabilities and economic development in Latin America by Jorge Katz		125
7		The finance of innovative investment in emerging economies by Jorg Mayer		147
8		A comprehensive model of technological learning : empirical research on the Chinese manufacturing sector by Jin Chen and Xiaoyu Pu and Haihua Shen		170
9		The innovation of SMEs and development of industrial clusters in China by Jinmin Wang		186
10		FDI, R&D and innovation output in the Chinese automobile industry by Chen Fang and Pierre Molmen		203
11		The role of FDI in the development of innovative capacity : the case of Russian companies by Juha Vaatanen and Daria Podmetina and Marina Aleksandrova		221
12		Human capital and technological spillovers from FDI in the Chinese regions : a threshold approach by Miao Fu and Teili Li		238
13		Transnational corporations from emerging economies and South-South FDI by Torbjorn Fredriksson		258
14		Technological competences in sustainability technologies in the BRICS countries by Rainer Watz		281
15		Coordination, convergence or contradiction : information and communication technologies for integration and development in southern Africa and the Southern Cone by Patience I. Akpan-Obong and Mary Jane C. Parmentier		300
16		Sustainability of technology-intensive social innovation in India : the role of absorptive capacity and complementary assets by Xiaolan Fu and Christine Polzin		320
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