Innovation, learning and technological dynamism of developing countries/ edited by Sunil Mani and Henny Romijn. - New Delhi: Bookwell, 2004. - xvii, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Acknowledgements
vii
Contributors
viii
List of figures
ix
List of tables
xi
Abbreviations
xiii
Preface
xvi
1 Introduction
1
Sunil Mani and Henny Romijn
2 Exports of high technology products from developing countries: Are the figures real or are they statistical artefacts?
12
Sunil Mani
3 Development strategies and innovation policies in globalisation: The case of Singapore
48
Alexander Ebner
4 Evolution of civil aircraft manufacturing systems of innovation: A case study in Brazil
77
Rosane Argou Marques
5 The political economy of technology policy: The automotive sector in Brazil (1950--2000)
107
Effie Kesidou
6 Technological learning in small-enterprise clusters: Conceptual framework and policy implications
135
Marjolein C. J. Caniëls and Henny A. Romijn
7 The contribution of skilled workers in the diffusion of knowledge in the Philippines
158
Niels Beerepoot
8 Understanding growth dynamism and its constraints in high technology clusters in developing countries: A study of Bangalore, Southern India
178
M. Vijayabaskar and Girija Krishnaswamy
9 Culture, innovation, and economic development: The case of the South Indian ICT clusters
202
Florian Arun Taeube
Index

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Technological innovations
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