Governments and business leaders are increasingly aware of the role that innovation plays in economic growth, development and competitiveness. There are imperative challenges for Latin American countries, among them, poverty, social inclusion, sustainable development, climate change, natural...

Financing Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Markets offers an original perspective on the links between macro data on innovation, data on micro-entrepreneurial processes and venture capital supply. The authors synthesize two disparate fields of research and thinking - innovation and...

"For two centuries since the industrial revolution, technological and other breakthrough innovations occurred in industrialized Europe and North America, and then diffused to other parts of the world. After World War 2, a few other countries, such as Japan and South Korea, joined the exclusive...

In recent years, emerging markets have come to represent the largest share of global GDP and have made gains in economic development and political influence. In turn, emerging market companies have taken on a new level of importance in driving innovation, local development and global...

Governments and business leaders are increasingly aware of the role that innovation plays in economic growth, development and competitiveness. There are imperative challenges for Latin American countries, among them, poverty, social inclusion, sustainable development, climate change, natural...

Today, ‘innovation' is a priority all over the world, particularly in emerging markets. The President of India declared this decade the ‘Innovation Decade'. In emerging markets the word means much more than catching up by imitating innovative policies and firms from more developed economies....