Handbook of Innovation Systems and Developing Countries: Building Domestic Capabilities in a Global Setting

The innovation systems (IS) approach emerged as a theoretical framework in the industrialized world in the mid-1990s to explain innovation and growth in the developed world. This Handbook is the first attempt to adapt the IS approach to developing countries from a theoretical and empirical viewpoint. The Handbook brings eminent scholars in economics, innovation and development studies together with promising young researchers to review the literature and push theoretical boundaries. They critically review the IS approach and its adequacy for developing countries, discuss the relationship between IS and development, and address the question of how it should be adapted to the realities of developing nations. Spanning national, sectoral and regional innovation systems across Asia, Latin America and Africa, and written by the world's leading scholars within the field, this comprehensive Handbook will strongly appeal to academics, researchers and students with an interest in innovation and technology in developing countries.

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Contents: 1. Innovation System Research and Developing Countries Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Jan Vang, K.J. Joseph and Cristina Chaminade PART I: INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 2. Building Inclusive Innovation Systems in Developing Countries: Challenges for IS Research Tilman Altenburg 3. Innovation, Poverty and Inequality: Cause, Coincidence, or Co-evolution? Susan E. Cozzens and Raphael Kaplinsky 4. Innovation Systems, Technology and Development: Unpacking the Relationships Jan Fagerberg and Martin Srholec PART II: SCALES IN INNOVATION SYSTEMS: THEORETICAL PROGRESS AND EMPIRICAL OVERVIEW 5. National Innovation Systems in Developing Countries: The Chinese National Innovation System in Transition Xielin Liu 6. Regional Innovation Systems in Developing Countries: Integrating Micro and Meso-level Capabilities Ramón Padilla-Pérez, Jan Vang and Cristina Chaminade 7. Sectoral Innovation Systems in Developing Countries: The Case of ICT in India K.J. Joseph 8. The Global Dimension of Innovation Systems: Linking Innovation Systems and Global Value Chains Carlo Pietrobelli and Roberta Rabellotti PART III: BUILDING BLOCKS IN INNOVATION SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: CHALLENGES UNDER GLOBALIZATION 9. The Role of Indigenous Firms in Innovation Systems in Developing Countries: The Developmental Implications of National Champion Firms’ Response to Underdeveloped National Innovation Systems Helena Barnard, Tracy Bromfield and John Cantwell 10. The Role of Multinational Corporations in National Innovation Systems in Developing Countries: From Technology Diffusion to International Involvement Anabel Marin and Valeria Arza 11. The Role of Universities in Innovation Systems in Developing Countries: Developmental University Systems – Empirical, Analytical and Normative Perspectives Claes Brundenius, Bengt-Åke Lundvall and Judith Sutz PART IV: IS-BASED POLICIES IN THE NEW GLOBAL SETTING 12. Institutions and Policies in Developing Economies Mario Cimoli, Giovanni Dosi, Richard R. Nelson and Joseph E. Stiglitz 13. Designing Innovation Policies for Development: Towards a Systemic Experimentation-based Approach Cristina Chaminade, Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Jan Vang and K.J. Joseph Epilogue: Which Way Now? Bengt-Åke Lundvall, K.J. Joseph, Cristina Chaminade and Jan Vang Index