Economic Development as a Learning Process

Edited by Franco Malerba and Richard Nelson

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Abstract: Until recently, economists studying economic development have tended to consider it a universal process, or focussed their attention on common aspects. This book originates from the growing recognition of significant sectoral differences in economic development and examines the catching-up process in five different economic sectors: pharmaceuticals, telecommunications equipment, semiconductors, software, and agro-food industries. Each of these sector studies explore the learning and catch-up processes in various developing countries, in order to identify both the common features, and those which differ significantly across sectors and nations. The authors pay particular attention to China, India, Brazil, Korea and Taiwan.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Innovations and Technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 9780857937889
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction

Franco Malerba and Richard Nelson

Ch 2 Explaining Divergent Stories of Catch-up in the Telecommunication Equipment Industry in Brazil, China, India and Korea

Keun Lee, Sunil Mani and Qing Mu

Ch 3 The Global Computer Software Sector

Jorge Niosi, Suma Athreye and Ted Tschang

Ch 4 Explaining Variations in Semiconductor Catch-up Strategies in China, Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan

Rajah Rasiah, Xin-Xin Kong, Yeo Lin and Jaeyong Song

Ch 5 Catching up in the Pharmaceutical Sector: Lessons from Case Studies of India and Brazil

Shyama V. Ramani and Samira Guennif

Ch 6 The Agro-food Sector in Catching-up Countries: A Comparative Study of Four Cases

Shulin Gu, John O. Adeoti, Ana Célia Castro, Jeffrey Orozco and Rafael Díaz

Ch 7 Conclusions

Franco Malerba and Richard Nelson

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