Closing the Technology Gap
Technological Change in India's Computer Industry
1st Edition
Published on 31. August 1995
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-8039-9251-1 (ISBN)
Description
In the 1980s the Indian computer industry narrowed the gap between itself and the United States, the change occurred through a series of waves. Hans-Peter Brunner explains this pattern through an examination of India's policies and changes in international computer technology regimes. The book is a contribution to the methodology for the analysis of technological change in computer hardware and high-tech industries in newly industrializing economies in general.
Reviews / Votes
`I found the book itself well researched, interesting in the material covered and detailed in its presentation of facts.... I would strongly recommend its reading to students of Indian industry and particularly students interested in industrial development. For those working on the computer industry... it is an informative case study, highlighting the problems faced by late-comer firms in trying to catch up with the remarkable rate of technical change in one industry, and the role of policy in hastening this process of catch up' - Journal of Evolutionary EconomicsMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
391 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-9251-1 (9780803992511)
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Person
Hans-Peter Brunner is a doctorate from University of Maryland, College Park, specialising in industrial organisation, technological change, trade, economic growth and political economy. He has taught economics at universities in Germany (1991-95).
He has also served as a consultant to international organizations (EU, World Bank) and governments (Science Center Berlin and US A.I.D.). He has been working with Asian Development Bank (ADB) since December 1995. His key areas of focus have been economic development, international and sub-regional trade, investment and finance, corporate and financial governance, project-finance and public private partnerships.
He has published in internationally ranked, peer reviewed economics journals, such as Review of Development Economics, World Development, Eastern Economic Journal, Small Business Economics and Journal of Asian Economics, among others. Books published by him include Productivity, Competitiveness and Incomes in Asia-An Evolutionary Theory of International Trade (2005) and Closing the Technology Gap-Technological Change in India's Computer Industry (1995). Areas of current research include evolutionary economics and poverty alleviation, regional evolutionary and network modeling approach, regional economic integration and economic geography.
He has also served as a consultant to international organizations (EU, World Bank) and governments (Science Center Berlin and US A.I.D.). He has been working with Asian Development Bank (ADB) since December 1995. His key areas of focus have been economic development, international and sub-regional trade, investment and finance, corporate and financial governance, project-finance and public private partnerships.
He has published in internationally ranked, peer reviewed economics journals, such as Review of Development Economics, World Development, Eastern Economic Journal, Small Business Economics and Journal of Asian Economics, among others. Books published by him include Productivity, Competitiveness and Incomes in Asia-An Evolutionary Theory of International Trade (2005) and Closing the Technology Gap-Technological Change in India's Computer Industry (1995). Areas of current research include evolutionary economics and poverty alleviation, regional evolutionary and network modeling approach, regional economic integration and economic geography.
Content
Foreword - N Seshagiri
Introduction
States, Markets, and a Neo-Schumpeterian Theory of Technological Change
Technological Change as a Challenge for Newly Industrializing Economies
Technological Change and Regime in the Computer Industry
Computer Industry Policy in India and Avenues for Exploitation of Technological Opportunity
Industrial Licensing, Foreign Participation, and the Computer Industry Structure in India
Competition and Innovation in the Computer Industry in India
Technological Change in the Indian Computer Industry
The Emerging Technological Capacity of the Indian Computer Industry
The Indian State and the Computer Industry
Findings, Policy Recommendations and Conclusion
Introduction
States, Markets, and a Neo-Schumpeterian Theory of Technological Change
Technological Change as a Challenge for Newly Industrializing Economies
Technological Change and Regime in the Computer Industry
Computer Industry Policy in India and Avenues for Exploitation of Technological Opportunity
Industrial Licensing, Foreign Participation, and the Computer Industry Structure in India
Competition and Innovation in the Computer Industry in India
Technological Change in the Indian Computer Industry
The Emerging Technological Capacity of the Indian Computer Industry
The Indian State and the Computer Industry
Findings, Policy Recommendations and Conclusion