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Technology in several forms, especially Information Technology (IT), has a strong tendency to converge at varying degrees. This phenomenon of converging innovation will deepen and widen in future due to intense competition in global markets. Asian manufacturing firms in particular lead the global industrial innovation. Innovations as a result of convergence are often beneficial, improving welfare and employment. This book sheds light on the little-discussed idea of convergent innovation with examples hailing from Asia. The book also proposes new theories and investigates convergence at the…mehr

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Technology in several forms, especially Information Technology (IT), has a strong tendency to converge at varying degrees. This phenomenon of converging innovation will deepen and widen in future due to intense competition in global markets. Asian manufacturing firms in particular lead the global industrial innovation. Innovations as a result of convergence are often beneficial, improving welfare and employment. This book sheds light on the little-discussed idea of convergent innovation with examples hailing from Asia. The book also proposes new theories and investigates convergence at the micro level - a must read for academics interested in innovation economics and management.
Autorenporträt
Kong-rae Lee is Chair Professor of the Management of Innovation (MOI) Program at DGIST. He received his PhD from SPRU, University of Sussex, UK. He was a research fellow of the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI), Korea and served as head of the policy division and member of the Korea Academy of Science and Technology (KAST). He also served as policy advisor to Minister of Science and Technology, the Republic of Korea in 1995. His research areas are national, regional and industrial innovation systems, and mega science policies. He has published many books and articles, including the book The Source of Capital Goods Innovation in 1998.