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The growth process in East Asian manufacturing industries : a re-examination

Sun, Chia-Hung - 2004

Although it has been previously accepted that Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan have achieved the 'economic miracle' of maintaining high economic growth for several decades prior to the Asian financial crisis, recent literature has now cast doubt upon this economic supposed success....

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Industrial districts : a new approach to industrial change

Becattini, Giacomo - 2004

This remarkable book outlines the historical framework and the main concepts of the literature on industrial districts. It illustrates a new approach to the study of industrial development, based on well-known industrial districts analysis. Giacomo Becattini has written an authoritative volume...

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Economic policy and manufacturing performance in developing countries

Tribe, Michael A. (contributor); … - 2001

This book considers the impact of economic reforms on manufacturing performance and explores policy options for promoting manufacturing. Using country-specific case studies spanning Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and Latin America, the authors examine the evidence for and against both trade...

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Entrepreneurial growth in industrial districts : four Italian cases

Alberti, Fernando G. (contributor) - 2008

Entrepreneurial Growth in Industrial Districts illustrates that Industrial Districts (ID) have dramatically changed over the past three decades; the Marshallian notion of a cluster of small firms has been vastly transformed by the emergence of rapidly growing firms

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From industrial districts to local development : an itinerary of research

Becattini, Giacomo - 2003

From Industrial Districts to Local Development introduces a set of papers representing the main contribution of the 'Florence school' to the recent literature on industrial districts. The authors illustrate that the revitalisation of the concept of industrial districts, returning to Alfred...

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Failing to compete : technology development and technology systems in Africa

Lall, Sanjaya - 2002

1. Competitiveness and national technology systems : an introduction -- 2. The relative competitive and technological performance of Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3. Kenya -- 4. Tanzania -- 5. Uganda -- 6. Ghana -- 7. Zimbabwe.

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The globalization of industry and innovation in Eastern Europe : from post-socialist restructuring to international competitiveness

Hirschhausen, Christian von (ed.); Bitzer, Jürgen (ed.) - 2000

In this important book, industrial and enterprise reform over the last decade in Eastern Europe is critically reviewed in light of increasing Eastern integration into the global economy. The authors argue for the further globalization of Eastern European enterprise networks as a condition for...

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High-tech industries in China

Chen, Jianxun; Shi, Huici - 2005

-tech achievements. The authors argue that since commercialization has become the ultimate objective of innovation activity, the … innovation capability of the corporate sector. They go on to explore regions with the greatest scale and depth of high …

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The dynamics of innovation in Eastern Europe : lessons from Estonia

Högselius, Per - 2005

Building strong and dynamic systems of innovation constitutes a key challenge for the post-socialist economies of … systems may emerge. The Dynamics of Innovation in Eastern Europe explains, in particular, how this has been possible in the … case of the Estonian system of innovation in telecommunications. The book shows that the socialist historical heritage, and …

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Innovation in low-tech firms and industries

Jacobson, David (contributor); … - 2008

point of this book. It is often overlooked that many of the current innovation activities are linked to developments inside … sectors -- pt. 3. Local versus global perspectives in innovation …

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