Innovation Learning and Technological Dynamism of Developing Countries

Contents Acknowledgements. Contributors. Abbreviations. Preface. 1. Introduction/Sunil Mani and Henny Romijn. 2. Exports of high technology products from developing countries are the figures real or are they statistical artefacts/Sunil Mani. 3. Development strategies and innovation policies in globalisation the case of Singapore/Alexander Ebner. 4. Evolution of the civil aircraft manufacturing system of innovation a case study in Brazil/Rosane Argou Marques. 5. The political economy of technology policy the automotive sector in Brazil (1950 2000)/Effie Kesidou. 6. Technological learning in small enterprise clusters conceptual frame work and policy implications/Marjolein C. J. Caniels and Henny Romijn. 7. The contribution of skilled workers in the diffusion of knowledge in the Philippines/Niels Beerepoot. 8. Understanding growth dynamism and its constraints in high technology clusters in developing countries a study of Bangalore Southern India/M. Vijayabaskar and Girija Krishnaswamy. 9. Culture innovation and economic development the case of the South Indian ICT clusters/Florian Arun Taeube. Index. Developing countries have not normally been associated with the dynamic use and development of technologies partly because most continue to employ and reproduce technologies that are generated elsewhere. However this situation is slowly but steadily changing. Academic research about technological dynamism has also until now been restricted to the few countries described as Asian tigers and cubs. Much of that discussion has revolved around macro economic studies of growth which risk failing to identify specific instances of technological dynamism in these and other countries. This book employs an refreshingly new framework to identify cases of technological dynamism across a range of countries and industries. They vary from the recent growth of the computer software industry in India to the aircraft industry in Brazil. They touch upon technological dynamism in manufacturing and service oriented industries and they consider how the effect of clustering or the geographic agglomeration of firms engaged in the production of related and complementary items can make sectors more dynamic. The papers in this book were initially presented at a conference organized by the United Nations University Institute for New Technologies (UNU INTECH) in the Netherlands. The Dutch research School for Resource Studies for Development (CERES) and the European Association for Development Research and Training Institute (EADI) both sponsored the conference. Innovation learning and technological dynamism of developing countries is a valuable text for scholars and students on the theory and practice of economics of technological change in developing countries. It is also a unique resource for governments NGOs financial institutions and multilateral agencies interested in the practicalities and promoting technological progress in manufacturing and service industries. 242 pp.