This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the innovation system of Viet Nam, focusing on the role of government … and providing concrete recommendations on how to improve policies that affect innovation and R&D performance. …

Innovation is crucial to long-term economic growth, even more so in the aftermath of the financial and economic crisis … innovation and growth in both developed and developing countries, and how countries are coping with them. The authors discuss … options for policy initiatives that can foster technological innovation in the pursuit of faster and sustainable growth. The …

Ethiopia's competitiveness and attractiveness as an investment destination by comparing domestic productivity and input costs …, the labor cost advantage of Ethiopian firms is more than offset by low productivity. However, Ethiopia appears competitive … when compared to Bangladesh. Capital, firm size, or sectoral composition do not explain the low productivity of the …