Innovation and the State: Political Choice and Strategies for Growth in Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland - Hardcover

Breznitz, Dan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300120184 ISBN 13: 9780300120189

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2007

Synopsis

The 1990s brought surprising industrial development in emerging economies around the globe: firms in countries not previously known for their high-technology industries moved to the forefront in new Information Technologies (IT) by using different business models and carving out unique positions in the global IT production networks. In this book Dan Breznitz asks why economies of different countries develop in different ways, and his answer relies on his exhaustive research into the comparative experiences of Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland—states that made different choices to nurture the growth of their IT industries.

The role of the state in economic development has changed, Breznitz concludes, but it has by no means disappeared. He offers a new way of thinking about state-led rapid-innovation-based industrial development that takes into account the ways production and innovation are now conducted globally. And he offers specific guidelines to help states make advantageous decisions about research and development, relationships with foreign firms and investors, and other critical issues.

About this title

About the Author:

Dan Breznitz is assistant professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology. He lives in Atlanta.

Review:

Winner - The 2008 Don K. Price for the best book in Science and Technology Politics given by the American Political Science Association

Finalist - ForeWord Magazine 2007 Book of the Year Award (Political Science Category)

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0300120184
• ISBN 13: 9780300120189
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288