The Challenges of Technology and Economic Catch-up in Emerging Economies

Innovation and technological capability are pivotal driving forces behind economic growth. This book synthesizes existing knowledge on technology upgrading failures to better understand the challenges of technology upgrading in emerging economies in an increasingly complex and connected world.

Jeong-Dong Lee, Professor of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program on Technology Management, Economics, and Policy, Seoul National University,Keun Lee, Professor of Economics and Head of the Center for Comparative Economic Studies, Seoul National University,Dirk Meissner, Distinguished Professor and Head of the International Laboratory for Economics of Innovation, National Research University Higher School of Economics,Slavo Radosevic, Professor of Innovation Studies, University College London,Nicholas Vonortas, Professor of Economics and International Affairs and Director of the Institute of International Science and Technology Policy, The George Washington University

Jeong-Dong Lee is a Professor of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program on Technology Management, Economics, and Policy at Seoul National University. He is an editor of the journal Science and Public Policy. Since 2019, he has served as the Special Advisor to the President for Economy and Technology in the Office of the President, The Republic of Korea.


Keun Lee is a Professor of Economics and Head of the Center for Comparative Economic Studie at Seoul National University. He is an editor of Research Policy, and an associate editor of Industrial and Corporate Change. He previously served as the President of the International Schumpeter Society, and a member of the Committee for Development Policy of the UN.


Dirk Meissner is Distinguished Professor and Head of the International Laboratory for Economics of Innovation at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow. He serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Knowledge Management and International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management.


Slavo Radosevic is Professor of Innovation Studies at the University College London where he has also been acting and deputy director of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies. He acts as an expert for the EC, OECD, UNESCO, UNIDO, World Bank, UNECE, and several governments in CEE.

Nick Vonortas is Professor of Economics and International Affairs and Director of the Institute of International Science and Technology Policy at The George Washington University. He also holds a 'São Paulo Excellence Chair' in Technology and Innovation Policy at the University of Campinas, Brazil, and is an editor of the journal Science and Public Policy.