This work examines how African policy makers might develop better coordination between the public and private sectors to identify the constraints to faster structural transformation, and to design, implement, and monitor policies to remove them

Introduction -- Institutions and technology in African development -- Learning knowledge and skills in small and medium enterprises : a theoretical review -- Learning knowledge and skills in industry : empirical exploration -- Inter-organizational collaboration in systems of innovation --...

"South Korea's rapid industrialization occurred with the rise of powerful chaebÇl (family-owned business conglomerates) that controlled vast swaths of the nation's economy. Leader Park Chung Hee's sense of backwardness and urgency led him to rely on familial, school, and regional ties to...

The origins of Dafeng, Lixin and Dacheng -- Technology networks in the Yangzi Delta -- Integrated firms in a dual market -- War and isolation -- The great leap outwards -- The socialist transition and the Shanghai : Hong Kong network -- Trade and industrialization in Hong Kong -- Networks in the...