UID:
edocfu_9958114688302883
Format:
xviii, 381 pages :
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illustrations ;
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23 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-51625-9
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9786610516254
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0-8213-6508-8
Series Statement:
World Bank e-Library.
Content:
The literature on technological change and growth has mainly used econometric models to establish that factors, such as the degree of openness, skills, research and development expenditures, number of patents etc., are critical determinants of innovation and its effect on growth. However, this approach fails to explain the role of institutions and policies that created the environment for innovation. Using 10 case studies from developing countries, this book examines how governments fostered technological adaptation through public-private partnerships to develop world-class exporters in high-g
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1. Technology, Adaptation, and Exports-How Some Developing Countries Got It Right; Tables; Boxes; 2. India's Software Industry; 3. Electronics in Taiwan-A Case of Technological Learning; Figures; 4. Electronics in Malaysia: Export Expansion but Slow Technical Change; 5. Explaining Malaysia's Export Expansion in Palm Oil and Related Products; 6. Salmon Farming in Chile; 7. Wine Production in Chile; 8. Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Competitive Agriculture: Grapes in India; 9. Closing the Yield Gap: Maize in India
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10. Technological Change in Uganda's Fishery Exports11. Floriculture in Kenya
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-6507-X
Language:
English
