Innovation Capabilities and Economic Development in Open Economies (eBook)

Vanessa Casadella, Université de Picardie, France. Zeting Liu, Université du Littoral, France. Dimitri Uzunidis, Université du Littoral, France.

Preface vii

Introduction ix

Chapter 1. Theories and Policies of Economic Development 1

1.1. The era of economic interventionism 3

1.1.1. Impasses of economic take-off theories 4

1.1.2. The crisis of the interventionist State 9

1.2. The era of liberalism 11

1.2.1. Structural adjustment programs 12

1.2.2. Failure of the "minimum State" 17

1.3. The era of "good governance" 21

1.3.1. Institutions, "good governance" and development 22

1.3.2. "Development" in global governance 26

1.4. The system of "global governance" under scrutiny 30

1.4.1. Global governance as a substitute for economic voluntarism 31

1.4.2. Toward an alternative model of economic growth? 38

Chapter 2. Innovative Capacities and Systems of the South in Globalization 47

2.1. Innovation for economic development 48

2.1.1. Understanding globalization through technology transfer 50

2.1.2. Innovation for development 55

2.2. Innovation systems and integration into the world economy 60

2.2.1. Innovation capacity and learning process 61

2.2.2. About national innovation systems 64

2.2.3. Measuring the performance of innovation systems in developing countries 70

2.2.4. Location strategies of multinational firms and the role of NIS 76

2.3. The difficulties of implementing innovation policies in developing countries 80

2.3.1. Asymmetries and endemic blockages 81

2.3.2. The North/South and South/South technology gap 86

2.3.3. The structural problems of innovation policies 97

Conclusion 105

Bibliography 111

Index 125