02479cam a2200229   4500001000500000005001700005008003900022010001700061020001500078082002400093100003900117245012100156260006300277300002500340504005100365505134400416520027701760650006202037650004502099650007102144700003402215730520181127183343.0050415s2005    enk      b    001 0 eng  a  2005044219  a184542482400a338/.064/091724222  aSantangelo, Graziabcdeeditorq00aTechnological change and economic catch-up :bthe role of science and multinationals /cedited by Grazia Santangelo.  aCheltenham, UK ;aNorthampton, MA :bEdward Elgar,cc2005.  axv, 271 p. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aContents: PrefaceIntroduction 1. The Economics of  Localized Technological Change: The Role of Creative  Adoption Part I: Local Science and Technology Policy 2.  The Roles of Research in Universities and Public Labs in  Economic Catch-up3. The Development of Universities and  Public Research Institutions: A Historical Overview of  its Role in Technological and Economic Catch-up 4.  Patenting in Public Research: An Evidence-based  Reflection on IPRs and the Basic-Applied Research Trade- off Part II: International Business Linkages between  Foreign-owned Multinationals and Local Actors 5. MNCs,  Local Clustering and Science-Technology Relationships 6.  Creating, Importing and Losing Competitive Advantage:  Evidence from the Austrian Manufacturing Sector 7.  Dynamic Capability, Innovation Networks and Foreign  Firms: The Turkish Case 8. Multinationality and  Innovative Behaviour in Italian Manufacturing Firms Part  III: Catch-up and Innovative Activity in Backward Areas  9. Catching Up or Standing Still? National Innovative  Productivity Among `Follower' Countries, 1978-1999 10.  Positive Forces and Vicious Mechanisms Behind Innovative  Activity in a Lagging Region 11. Universities and  Economically Depressed Regions: How Strong is the  Influence of the University of Evora on the Human Capital  of the Region? Indexgrt  aThis book tackles the issue of technological and economic  catch-up by examining the role that public research  institutions and local policy play in the promotion of this  process by fostering local science-technology linkages with  incoming foreign-owned multinationals. 0aInternational business enterpriseszDeveloping countries. 0aScience and statezDeveloping countries. 0aTechnological innovationsxEconomic aspectszDeveloping countries.1 aSantangelo, Grazia D.,d1973-