Since the mid 1900’s, economist have come to recognize the role of innovative activity in firms productivity growth, particularly in the competitive market economies. However, the most conducive market environment for innovative activity has also become a subject of interest. Thus, a major...

The last decades have witnessed a breaking down of the hitherto quasi-monopoly in industrial and technological development by highly industrialized countries. Man-made changes in comparative advantage due to rapid accumulation of human capital, development of technical institutions, and public...

Insights from industrial organization, Schumpeterian innovation, and economic development theories are used to try to explain firm behavior in cases of successful acquisition of advancedtechnological assets and international trade competitiveness by Asian and Latin-american countries at an...

The communication presents a reflexion on the applicability of the concept of area learning like instrument from policy from regional development. The originality of the communication is to present a reflexion which goes from the theoretical concept to the implementation on the ground by...

The subject of development cooperation occupies a special place in the framework of the new technologies and the social economy as it involves societies at different socio-economic levels which respond very differently to the adoption and assimilation of innovations. This study focuses on new...

As the global stock of ideas expands and diffuses across and within countries, technological learning is poised to become an even more important determinant of growth through its impact on innovation. This note reviews global trends that make a policy focus on technological learning and...