TY  - BOOK
AU  - Santangelo, Grazia
AU  - Santangelo,Grazia D.
TI  - Technological change and economic catch-up: the role of science and multinationals 
SN  - 1845424824
U1  - 338/.064/091724 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - International business enterprises
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Science and state
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Economic aspects
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -