Innovation Systems for Development: Making Research and Innovation in Developing Countries Matter - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1783473827 ISBN 13: 9781783473823

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

The rise and expansion of organized scientific research has led individuals to become accustomed to an unceasing delivery of new scientific results and technical improvements that resolve even seemingly unsolvable problems. This timely book examines how science-based research and innovation is designed, implemented and applied in developing countries in support of development and poverty alleviation.

The expert contributors trace and compare the emergence of National Innovation Systems (NIS) in four developing countries - Bolivia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Vietnam. Dedicated chapters on each country identify the main structural and organizational problems for improving the relevance and quality of research output for the productive sector, and conclude by offering suggestions on how the process of applying research outputs and innovations in support of development goals can be improved.

Scholars and students of development, innovation and related subjects will find this book to be useful with its focus on national innovation systems. It will also be of interest to policy advisors, decision-makers and other practitioners involved in development issues.

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About the Author

Edited by Bo Göransson, formerly Research Policy Group, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Claes Brundenius, Research Policy Group, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden and Carlos Aguirre-Bastos, Institute for Social and Economic Research, Catholic University of Bolivia

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783473827
• ISBN 13: 9781783473823
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Göransson Bo, Brundenius Claes, Aguirre-Bastos Carlos