Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Development

Wim Naudé and Adam Szirmai

No 2013/17, Working Papers from Maastricht School of Management

Abstract: What is the relationship between technological innovation, entrepreneurship and development? Is it better for developing countries to coping and adapt existing technologies from richer countries rather than undertake or promote intensive research and development (R&D) of their own? We tackle these perennial issues afresh by considering the relationship between knowledge, innovation and growth in the past and by identifying whether and how the scope for catch-up growth exists. We focus on the interesting case of technological innovation in the comparative economic performance of China; we draw some lessons for development elsewhere.

Keywords: innovation; entrepreneurship; development; knowledge; China; BRICS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 L52 L53 O25 O33 O34 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2013-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-cwa, nep-ino, nep-knm, nep-sbm and nep-tra
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