Browsing The 5th Globelics Academy by Issue Date
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Going against the grain: the dematurity of the European textile industry
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)The paper investigates the process of transition of the European textile industry away from being a mature industry towards a more knowledge-based one. The European industry has fallen into what Abernathy (1978, 1983) ... -
Forms of Knowledge, Modes of Innovation and Innovation Systems
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)Inspired by the concepts tacit and codified knowledge introduced by Polanyi, this paper makes a distinction between two modes of innovation. On the one hand there are innovation strategies (Science, Technology, and Innovation, ... -
China's Innovation System and the Move Towards Harmonious Growth and Endogenous Innovation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)Observers around the world are impressed by the rapid growth of China’s economy, some with hope and others with fear. Some hope that China will offer the unique experience of successful economic growth and catch-up under ... -
NIS Transformation and Recombination Learning in China
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)This paper applies the notion of national innovation systems (NIS) to analyze the transformation of China’s NIS in the 1980s and 1990s. It focuses on two issues. Firstly it probes the interaction between policy-making ... -
Divergent Paths of Actors and Policy Learning: A Comparative Study of the Oil Palm Systems of Innovation in Malaysia and Nigeria
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)Fifty years ago the two regions and the two tropical countries under study were rural peasantries with low living standards. On the one hand one set of countries have advanced into export-oriented manufacturing industries ... -
Building knowledge base through R&D networking: Enterprises in the Regional University Knowledge Centre for Vehicle Industry
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)The socio-economic importance of networks is nowadays evident and researchers from different disciplines try to shed light on their background, characteristics and impact but there are still a lot do and research. Networks ... -
Accelerating the formation of regional systems of innovation in Mexico? Understanding the effects of the Technology Business Accelerator Program in the formation of resources and capabilities to innovate in Mexican regions
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)In 2004 the Mexican Government launched the Technology Business Accelerator (TechBA) program, an initiative that seeks to help the best small and medium Mexican technology companies to access and compete in international ... -
Determinants of Knowledge Transfer from Multinational Corporations to Local Firms: The Case of Turkish Automotive Industry
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)Transfer of advanced technological knowledge from foreign direct investments (FDIs) is considered as an important mode of “learning” and “technological upgrading” for developing countries which are generally associated ... -
Technological Innovation in Firms in the Indian Automotive Component Industry
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Drivers of national innovative systems in transition. An Eastern European empirical cross-country analysis
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)Innovation plays a crucial role in determining todayﾒs economic growth patterns. But what enables some countries to innovate more than others? This paper employs in premiere a panel of sixteen Eastern European countries ... -
Human capital and growth
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)Education and skill of employees have an economic value for firms and for the economy as a whole. Main question: does growth primarily driven by ‘human capital accumulation’ or ‘stock of human capital’ (Lucas Vs. Nelson ... -
Are KIBS more than intermediate inputs? An examination into their R&D diffuser role in Europe
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)It is widely accepted that knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) are key agents in knowledge diffusion. Thanks in part to information technologies, an increasing internationalisation process has been taking place ... -
Factors that determine the impact of innovation-oriented policies in firms: Conceptual and Methodological Formulation of Research Project
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)This is a draft version of a proposal for a conceptual and methodological approach that seeks to answer the question of which are the most important factors that, from a micro-economical standpoint, determine the impact ... -
Nonlinearities in the development process: A nonparametric approach
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Financial System, Corporate Diversification and Technological Catching-up: South-Korea; an imitator to innovator
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)Schumpeter emphasized ( 1943) that those who are starting “new things”, or innovating need to be provided with “profits for above what are necessary in order to introduce the corresponding investment” He argued that ... -
The Influence of Quangos on National Systems of Innovation – Case Studies of the Estonian Genome Project and e-Learning Initiatives
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)Innovation can be regarded as one of the most important factors in enhancing economic development. However, innovation management policies are extremely complex and dynamic in the sense of constant change and uncertainty. ... -
From Economics of Knowledge to the Learning Economy
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)This chapter is about the production, diffusion and use of knowledge seen in an economic perspective. Fundamental distinctions between tacit and explicit knowledge and between knowhow, know-why, know-what and know-who are ... -
Universities, Organizational Structure of the Research Activity and the Spin-off Formation: Lessons From Brazilian Case
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)The relationship between universities and enterprises is an important issue in the innovation process; efforts have been made by policy makers to increase this relation in Brazil. The contributions that universities can ... -
Market structure, technological innovation and industrial competitive advantage: Policy choices for catching up
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Firms Strategies in Alternative Firms Strategies in Alternative Energy Markets
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)