The Economics of the Latecomers : Catching-up, Technology Transfer and Institutions in Germany, Japan and South Korea (Hardcover)

Introduction; Part 1 On Methodology; Chapter 1 Late Industrialisation and Catching-Up; Chapter 2 Technology Transfer, Technological Capability and National Systems of Innovation; Chapter 3 Institutions, Institutional Change and Catching-Up; Part 2 On Interpreting History; Chapter 4 Comparative Settings; Chapter 5 Regional Contrast in the Development of the Iron and Steel Industry in Germany, 1800?1850; Chapter 6 UK?Germany?Japan Comparison in the Iron and Steel Industry, 1850?1930; Chapter 7 USA?Japan?Korea Comparison in the Iron and Steel Industry, 1950?1990; Chapter 8 USA?Japan?Korea Comparison in the Semiconductor Industry, 1950?1993; Conclusions;