BRICS and Development Alternatives
Innovation Systems and Policies
Published on 15. October 2009
Book
Hardback
198 pages
978-1-84331-799-9 (ISBN)
Description
The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are currently at the crossroads of major structural economic and political changes. This book provides a comparative analysis of the national innovation systems of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and the trends in each of their science, technology and innovation policies. It makes use of an analytical framework, the concept 'systems of innovation and competence building' developed within 'Globelics' (the Global Research Network on the Economics of Learning, Innovation and Capacity Building Systems).
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
100+ tables and figures
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
518 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84331-799-9 (9781843317999)
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Persons
Jose Eduardo Cassiolato is Coordinator of RedeSist and Professor at the Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is also a member of Globelics Scientific Committee - a Global Research Network on the Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence.
Virginia Vitorino is policy officer at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, International Cooperation Directorate.
Bengt-Ake Lundvall is Professor in Economics at the University of Aalborg. He has worked on science and technology issues in relation to employment and international competitiveness and currently concentrates on innovation theory, national systems of innovation and competence building and on the analysis of the economics of knowledge.
Virginia Vitorino is policy officer at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, International Cooperation Directorate.
Bengt-Ake Lundvall is Professor in Economics at the University of Aalborg. He has worked on science and technology issues in relation to employment and international competitiveness and currently concentrates on innovation theory, national systems of innovation and competence building and on the analysis of the economics of knowledge.
Content
List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Foreword - Bengt-Ake Lundvall; Science, Technology and Innovation Policies in the BRICS Countries: an introduction; Achievements and Shortcomings of Brazil's Innovation Policies; Prospective Agenda for Science and Technology and Innovation Policies in Russia; Science, Technology and Innovation Policies in India: Achievements and Limits; Science and Technology and Innovation Policy in China; The South African Innovation Policies: Potential and Constraint; Notes