BRICS and Development Alternatives

Innovation Systems and Policies
Herausgeber: Cassiolato, José Eduardo; Vitorino, Virginia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comparative analysis of the national innovation systems of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and the trends in their science, technology and innovation policies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9781843318309
• ISBN-10: 184331830X
• Artikelnr.: 31873142

Autorenporträt

José Eduardo Cassiolato is Coordinator of RedeSist and Professor at the Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is also a member of Globelics Scientific Committee – a Global Research Network on the Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence. Virginia Vitorino is policy officer at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, International Cooperation Directorate. Bengt-Åke Lundvall is Professor in Economics at the University of Aalborg. He has worked on science and technology issues in relation to employment and international competitiveness and currently concentrates on innovation theory, national systems of innovation and competence building and on the analysis of the economics of knowledge.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Foreword - Bengt-Åke Lundvall
Science, Technology and Innovation Policies in the BRICS Countries: an introduction
Achievements and Shortcomings of Brazil’s Innovation Policies
Prospective Agenda for Science and Technology and Innovation Policies in Russia
Science, Technology and Innovation Policies in India: Achievements and Limits
Science and Technology and Innovation Policy in China
The South African Innovation Policies: Potential and Constraint
Notes