02552cam a2200253 4500 7305 20181127183343.0 050415s2005 enk b 001 0 eng 2005044219 1845424824 338/.064/091724 22 Santangelo, Grazia editor Technological change and economic catch-up : the role of science and multinationals / edited by Grazia Santangelo. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2005. xv, 271 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: 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? Index This 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. International business enterprises Developing countries. Science and state Developing countries. Technological innovations Economic aspects Developing countries. Santangelo, Grazia D., 1973- 6226 6226 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 11259 0 338 SAN 30010832 2018-11-27 00:00:00 2018-11-27 MAIN