accelerated by the forces of globalization. These transition economies can serve as laboratories for understanding the innovation … innovation system development in the context of small catching-up economies. Smallness, path dependency, and latecomer status of … such economies create some inherent limitations for their innovation systems, but these special characteristics can offer …

, product and process innovation, the authors cover a wide array of topics relating to such issues as research and development …Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: R&D Spending and Agricultural Innovation - Organization and Emerging Trends … Research and Development -- Chapter 4: Structural Change and Innovation in the Global Agricultural Input Sector -- Chapter 5 …