Keun Lee (Seoul National University)

The Art of Economic Catch-Up

Barriers, Detours and Leapfrogging in Innovation Systems

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lee provides policy solutions for development challenges in non-technical terms, instead framing them with insightful and inventive allegories. The Art of Economic Catch-Up will appeal to anyone interested in innovation, 'leapfrogging', and economic development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 211mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781108460705
• ISBN-10: 1108460704
• Artikelnr.: 54606707

Autorenporträt

Keun Lee is Professor of Economics at Seoul National University, and the founding director of the Center for Economic Catch-up. He is also the President of the International Schumpeter Society, a member of the UN Committee for Development Policy, an editor of Research Policy, a council member of the World Economic Forum, and a member of the governing board of Globelics. He was awarded the 2014 Schumpeter Prize for his book Schumpeterian Analysis of Economic Catch-up: Knowledge, Path-creation and the Middle Income Trap (Cambridge, 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Different mechanisms of growth in poor and rich nations and the narrow pathway in between
3. The three detours and capability building
4. The detour of promoting big businesses and SMEs during transition
5. Flying on a balloon out of the windows of opportunity: why and how to leapfrog
6. Recapitulation of the art
7. Practicing the art in late latecomers.