 Innovation and Economic Development Theoretical Reprospect and ProspectChapter 3 in Technology Generation in Latin American Manufacturing Industries, 1987, pp 78-93 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this chapter is to discuss some theoretical issues latent in the basic ideas behind the IDB-ECLA research programme in science and technology, and now being sharpened by the empirical findings that are emerging. The programme presumes that manufacturing development in countries that are not technological leaders may involve significant elements of creativity and innovation. The empirical studies are finding this to be so. The technologies employed in Latin American manufacturing plants tend to be somewhat idiosyncratic and not easily describable as merely backwards. Further, technologies employed differ significantly among firms within the same country. Innovation, idiosyncracy, and diversity, are not characteristics of manufacturing development highlighted by most formal development models, and indeed these characteristics are hard to reconcile with orthodox formal theory. Yet there they are, certainly interesting and probably important features of the development landscape. Keywords: Production Function; Technology Transfer; Technical Change; Innovation Model; Search Model (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-07210-1_4 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-07210-1_4 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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