Innovation Capabilities and Economic Development in Open Economies

Preface vii
<p>Introduction ix</p>
<p>Chapter 1. Theories and Policies of Economic Development 1</p>
<p>1.1. The era of economic interventionism 3</p>
<p>1.1.1. Impasses of economic take–off theories 4</p>
<p>1.1.2. The crisis of the interventionist State 9</p>
<p>1.2. The era of liberalism 11</p>
<p>1.2.1. Structural adjustment programs 12</p>
<p>1.2.2. Failure of the minimum State 17</p>
<p>1.3. The era of good governance 21</p>
<p>1.3.1. Institutions, good governance and development 22</p>
<p>1.3.2. Development in global governance&nbsp; 26</p>
<p>1.4. The system of global governance under scrutiny 30</p>
<p>1.4.1. Global governance as a substitute for economic voluntarism 31</p>
<p>1.4.2. Toward an alternative model of economic growth? 38</p>
<p>Chapter 2. Innovative Capacities and Systems of the South in Globalization 47</p>
<p>2.1. Innovation for economic development&nbsp;&nbsp; 48</p>
<p>2.1.1. Understanding globalization through technology transfer 50</p>
<p>2.1.2. Innovation for development 55</p>
<p>2.2. Innovation systems and integration into the world economy 60</p>
<p>2.2.1. Innovation capacity and learning process 61</p>
<p>2.2.2. About national innovation systems 64</p>
<p>2.2.3. Measuring the performance of innovation systems in developing countries 70</p>
<p>2.2.4. Location strategies of multinational firms and the role of NIS 76</p>
<p>2.3. The difficulties of implementing innovation policies in developing countries 80</p>
<p>2.3.1. Asymmetries and endemic blockages 81</p>
<p>2.3.2. The North/South and South/South technology gap&nbsp;&nbsp; 86</p>
<p>2.3.3. The structural problems of innovation policies&nbsp; 97</p>
<p>Conclusion 105</p>
<p>Bibliography 111</p>
<p>Index&nbsp; 125</p>