Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Padmashree Gehl Sampath

Latecomer Development

Innovation and knowledge for economic growth

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that economic development is largely driven by innovation, concentrating on the dynamics of process, product and organizational changes and how they are embedded within specific and varied contextual institutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780415560115
• ISBN-10: 041556011X
• Artikelnr.: 29018734

Autorenporträt

Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka is currently Director, Monitoring and Research Division, UN-HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenya. Padmashree Gehl Sampath is Research Fellow at the United Nations University-MERIT and visiting Research Fellow, Open University, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 1. Innovation, Knowledge and Technology in Late Development Part 2
2. The Generation and Growth of Knowledge in Late Development 3.
Technological Capability and Development 4. Innovation, Institutions and
the Role of Policy 5. Advanced Knowledge Infrastructure for Economic
Development Part 3 6. India and China within Global Reach? 7. Systemic
Collaboration and State Support: Evidence from South Africa and Malaysia 8.
Rough Road to the Market: Constrained Innovation and Entrepreneurship in
Nigeria, Ghana and Bangladesh Part 4 9. Conclusions and Policy Suggestions