The Rise of Technological Power in the South (Hardcover)

PART I: POLICY, STRATEGY AND CATCH-UP Innovation Strategies of Three of the BRICS: Brazil, India and China- What Can We Learn From Three Different Approaches?; C.Dahlman Technological Catch Up of the Late Comers: Implications from the BRICS; D.Nayyar China's Development Model: An Alternative Strategy for Technological Catch-Up; X.Liu Science and Technology Policy in South Africa: A Critical Assessment of Past Performance and of Proposed Future Directions; D.Kaplan The Changing Geography of Innovation Activities: What do Patent Indicators Imply?; X.Li & Y.Pai PART II: INNOVATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITES The Finance of Innovative Investment in Emerging Economies; J.Mayer A Comprehensive Model of Technological Learning: Empirical Research on Chinese Manufacturing Sector; J.Chen, X.Pu & H.Shen The Innovation of SMEs and Development of Industrial Clusters in China: The Case of Yiwu Socks Cluster; W.Jinmin PART III: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FDI, R&D and Innovation in the Chinese Automobile Industry; F.Chen & P.Mohnen Role of Foreign Direct Investments in the Development of Innovative Capacity- Case of Russian Companies; J.Vaatanen , D.Podmentina & M.Aleksandrova Human Capital and Technological Spillovers from FDI in the Chinese Regions: a Threshold Approach; M.Fu & T.Li Third World multinationals and South-South FDI; T.Fredriksson PART IV: TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Technological Competences in Sustainable Technologies in the BRICS Countries; R.Walz Information and Communications Technologies for Integration and Development: A Comparative Study of South Africa and Brazil in their Regional Contexts; P.Akpan-Obong & M.C.Parmentier Sustainability of Technology-intensive Social Innovation in India: the Role of Absorptive Capacity and Complementary Assets; X.Fu & C.Polzin Market Oriented Reforms, Domestic Technological Capabilities and Economic Development in Latin America; J.Katz Conclusions; L.Soete & X.Fu