Catching up, spillovers and innovation networks in a Schumpeterian perspective

This book discusses the influence of technological and institutional change in development and growth, the impact on innovation of labor markets, the spatial distribution of innovation dynamics, and the meaning of knowledge generation and knowledge diffusion processes for development policies. The contributions of the book demonstrate the powerful possibilities that emerge from the toolkit of evolutionary and Schumpeterian economics. The book shows that evolutionary economics is able to be applied on the multi-facetted phenomena of economic development. The book shows that a strong knowledge and innovation orientation is key to development, especially in less developed and emerging economies.Discusses the influence of technological and institutional change in development and growth. Describes the relevance of Schumpeterian ideas for catching upand development strategies in economics of the Southern hemishere. INDICE: Introduction.- A Research Agenda.- The Role of Banks in the Schumpeterian Innovative Evolution - An Axiomatic Set-up.- Generalized Barriers to Entry and Economic Development.- Inventing Together: Exploring the Nature of International Knowledge Spillovers in Latin America.- Formal and Informal External Linkages and Firm' s Innovative Strategies.- The Commerializing of Spillovers.- The Innovation Performance of MNE Subsidiaries and Local Embeddedness.- Towards a Systemic and Evolutionary Framework for Venture Capital Policy.- Social Entrepreneurship for the Generation of Networking Capabilities.- Diffusion and Incorporation of Technology into the Health Care System.- The Relevance ofIndustry-University Relationship for the Brazilian Pharmaceutical System of Innovation.- Outsourcing and Diffusion of Knowledge in ICT Clusters.

• ISBN: 978-3-642-15885-8
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 21/11/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés