Uneven Paths of Development: Innovation and Learning in Asia and Africa - Hardcover

Oyelaren-Oyeyinka, Banji; Rasiah, Rajah

 
9781847209061: Uneven Paths of Development: Innovation and Learning in Asia and Africa
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1847209068 ISBN 13: 9781847209061
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

This book focuses on what can be learned from the complex processes of industrial, technological and organizational change in the sectoral system of information hardware (IH). The IH innovation system is deliberately chosen to illustrate how sectors act as seeds of economic progress. Detailed firm-level studies were carried out in seven countries, three in Africa (Nigeria, Mauritius and South Africa) and four in Asia (China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia).

Bringing together two important areas of research (the scholarship on technology, innovation and learning, and the development literature) this book creates a useful and novel framework for understanding development, and draws very strong policy lessons for latecomer countries. It will be of great interest to graduate students working on evolutionary economics, science and technology policy studies, as well as policymakers and research institutes.

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About the Author

Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Director, Monitoring and Research Division (MRD), UN-HABITAT, Kenya and Professorial Fellow, UNU-MERIT, Netherlands and Rajah Rasiah, Professor of Technology and Innovation Policy, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Malaysia, Professorial Fellow, UNU-MERIT, Netherlands, Senior Research Associate, Sanjaya Lall Centre for Technology and Development, Oxford University, UK

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Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1847209068
ISBN 13 
9781847209061
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
256