The Rise of Technological Power in the South

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Innovation Strategies in Brazil, China and India: From Imitation to Deepening Technological Capability in the South....Pages 15-48
Economic Growth and Technological Capabilities in BRICS: Implications for Latecomers to Industrialization....Pages 49-68
The Changing Geography of Innovation Activities: What do Patents Indicators Imply?....Pages 69-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
China’s Catch-up and Innovation Model: A Case of the IT industry....Pages 89-106
Science and Technology and Economic Growth in South Africa: Performance and Prospects....Pages 107-124
Market-Oriented Reforms, Domestic Technological Capabilities and Economic Development in Latin America....Pages 125-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
The Finance of Innovative Investment in Emerging Economies....Pages 147-169
A Comprehensive Model of Technological Learning: Empirical Research on the Chinese Manufacturing Sector....Pages 170-185
The Innovation of SMEs and Development of Industrial Clusters in China....Pages 186-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
FDI, R&D and Innovation Output in the Chinese Automobile Industry....Pages 203-220
The Role of FDI in the Development of Innovative Capacity: The Case of Russian Companies....Pages 221-237
Human Capital and Technological Spillovers from FDI in the Chinese Regions: A Threshold Approach....Pages 238-257
Transnational Corporations from Emerging Economies and South-South FDI....Pages 258-277
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Technological Competences in Sustainability Technologies in the BRICS Countries....Pages 281-299
Coordination, Convergence or Contradiction: Information and Communication Technologies for Integration and Development in Southern Africa and the Southern Cone....Pages 300-319
Sustainability of Technology-intensive Social Innovation in India: The Role of Absorptive Capacity and Complementary Assets....Pages 320-340
Conclusions: Science, Technology and Development — Emerging Concepts and Visions....Pages 341-353
Back Matter....Pages 355-357