Innovation and Growth : Chasing a Moving Frontier.

Foreword......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 7
Table of Contents......Page 9
Introduction: why innovation matters......Page 13
Competition, innovation and growth: theory, evidence and policy challenges......Page 17
Schumpeterian growth theory......Page 18
Ex ante barriers to entry......Page 19
Escape competition and the inverted U......Page 21
Lessons for competition policy......Page 23
References......Page 25
Korea and the BICs (Brazil, India and China): catching-up experiences......Page 27
Introduction......Page 28
Theory and some evidence......Page 32
Data limitations......Page 33
How did Korea catch up with the OECD?......Page 34
How much has China caught up?......Page 41
How did China catch up?......Page 45
Brazil: decline and recovery......Page 49
India: another latecomer......Page 52
Role of policy: balance between competition and innovation......Page 54
Empirical methodology......Page 59
Results......Page 60
Conclusions......Page 62
References......Page 64
Priorities for growth in OECD economies......Page 69
Benchmarking structural policies......Page 70
Are the OECD countries converging?......Page 71
Policy priority setting and results......Page 73
Priorities for OECD countries......Page 76
Priorities for emerging economies......Page 79
Annex 4.A1 - The indicators used in Going for Growth......Page 82
References......Page 85
The development of global innovation networks and the transfer of knowledge......Page 87
The global landscape for innovation......Page 88
The opening of innovation......Page 92
The development of global innovation networks......Page 94
International mobility of the highly skilled......Page 99
Implications for policy......Page 103
References......Page 107
Innovation strategies for growth: insights from OECD countries......Page 109
Introduction......Page 110
Policies to promote innovation-led growth: broad lessons from OECD country specific work......Page 111
An exemplary triad: Chile – Norway – Switzerland......Page 121
Conclusions......Page 129
References......Page 131
Different innovation strategies, different results: Brazil, Russia, India, China and Korea (the BRICKs)......Page 133
Introduction......Page 134
Innovation in the context of developing countries......Page 135
Characteristics of the BRICKs......Page 137
Economic and institutional regime......Page 142
Education......Page 145
Acquiring foreign knowledge......Page 148
Undertaking R&D......Page 154
Disseminating knowledge......Page 157
Lessons and implications......Page 159
Annex 7.A1. - Structure of output and exports of merchandise and commercial services in the BRICKs......Page 165
References......Page 168
Technology diffusion in the developing world......Page 171
Introduction......Page 172
Technological progress and economic development......Page 173
Measuring technological achievement......Page 179
Technology diffusion......Page 191
Measuring technological progress......Page 194
Conclusions......Page 196
References......Page 202
Foreign investment and the development of telecommunications in Latin America......Page 205
Investment in public services and multinationals: the case of telecommunications......Page 206
The performance of the telecommunications sector in Latin America......Page 208
Explaining the performance of the telecommunications sector in Latin America......Page 216
Conclusions......Page 226
References......Page 228
Broadband as a platform for economic, social and cultural development: lessons from Asia......Page 231
Why broadband?......Page 232
Why Asia?......Page 234
Broadband and economic growth......Page 239
Conclusions......Page 243
References......Page 245
User-driven innovation and communications development......Page 247
Regulatory reform and network growth......Page 248
Network effects and externalities......Page 250
Internalisation of externalities......Page 251
Internalisation of network externalities by network owners......Page 252
References......Page 265