Education, Competitiveness and Technological Performance
An Evolutionary-Ecological Approach to Human Capital Formation
Aurora Teixeira(Author)
Edward Elgar Publishing
Book
Hardback
250 pages
978-1-84376-824-1 (ISBN)
Description
This work investigates how it is possible for human capital accumulation to fail in delivering modernisation to middle-income countries. This failure is a consequence of the disruptive effects of knowledge accumulation as firms simultaneously seek a means to survive and to increase their competitiveness in a globalising economy. The work proposes a rational economic explanation for a pervasive phenomenon that has so far been neglected by the mainstream human capital theory - the commonly observed pattern of relative inertia in the demand for human capital accumulation in middle-income countries. The book makes a major contribution to understanding the possibility of 'low level' equilibrium 'traps' in the development process and poses a challenging set of issues for future research and policy consideration.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84376-824-1 (9781843768241)
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Person
Aurora Teixeira, Assistant Professor of the Economics of Innovation, Faculty of Economics, University of Porto, Portugal and Associate Researcher, CEF.UP and INESC, Porto, Portugal