Edited by the late Sanjaya Lall, formerly Professor of Development Economics, Oxford University (at the International Development Centre at Queen Elizabeth House), UK and Shujiro Urata, Professor of Economics, Waseda University, Japan

• ContentsPreface and acknowledgements 1 Introduction and overviewSanjaya Lall and Shujiro Urata2 Foreign direct investment, technology development and competitiveness: issues and evidence Sanjaya Lall3 Competitiveness and technology: an international comparison Hiroki Kawai and Shujiro Urata4 Building technological capabilities with or without inward direct investment: the case of Japan Akira Goto and Hiroyuki Odagiri5 Overseas R&D activities and intra-firm technology transfer: the case of Japanese multinationals Shujiro Urata and Hiroki Kawai6 The dynamics of technology development: lessons from the Korea experience Linsu Kim 7 Technology acquisition and development in Taiwan Bee-Yan Aw8 From using to creating technology: the evolution of Singapore’s national innovation system and the changing role of public policy Poh Kam Wong9 In search of balance: technological development in China Yang Yao10 Can the Philippines ever catch up? Joy V. Abrenica and Gwendolyn R. Tecson11 Industrial technology transition in Malaysia Rajah Rasiah12 Foreign direct investment, technology and competitiveness in Thailand Peter Brimble13 Technology development in Indonesia Yumiko Okamoto and Fredrik SjöholmIndex

Edited by the late Sanjaya Lall, formerly Professor of Development Economics, Oxford University (at the International Development Centre at Queen Elizabeth House), UK and Shujiro Urata, Professor of Economics, Waseda University, Japan

• ContentsPreface and acknowledgements 1 Introduction and overviewSanjaya Lall and Shujiro Urata2 Foreign direct investment, technology development and competitiveness: issues and evidence Sanjaya Lall3 Competitiveness and technology: an international comparison Hiroki Kawai and Shujiro Urata4 Building technological capabilities with or without inward direct investment: the case of Japan Akira Goto and Hiroyuki Odagiri5 Overseas R&D activities and intra-firm technology transfer: the case of Japanese multinationals Shujiro Urata and Hiroki Kawai6 The dynamics of technology development: lessons from the Korea experience Linsu Kim 7 Technology acquisition and development in Taiwan Bee-Yan Aw8 From using to creating technology: the evolution of Singapore’s national innovation system and the changing role of public policy Poh Kam Wong9 In search of balance: technological development in China Yang Yao10 Can the Philippines ever catch up? Joy V. Abrenica and Gwendolyn R. Tecson11 Industrial technology transition in Malaysia Rajah Rasiah12 Foreign direct investment, technology and competitiveness in Thailand Peter Brimble13 Technology development in Indonesia Yumiko Okamoto and Fredrik SjöholmIndex

Edited by the late Sanjaya Lall, formerly Professor of Development Economics, Oxford University (at the International Development Centre at Queen Elizabeth House), UK and Shujiro Urata, Professor of Economics, Waseda University, Japan

• ContentsPreface and acknowledgements 1 Introduction and overviewSanjaya Lall and Shujiro Urata2 Foreign direct investment, technology development and competitiveness: issues and evidence Sanjaya Lall3 Competitiveness and technology: an international comparison Hiroki Kawai and Shujiro Urata4 Building technological capabilities with or without inward direct investment: the case of Japan Akira Goto and Hiroyuki Odagiri5 Overseas R&D activities and intra-firm technology transfer: the case of Japanese multinationals Shujiro Urata and Hiroki Kawai6 The dynamics of technology development: lessons from the Korea experience Linsu Kim 7 Technology acquisition and development in Taiwan Bee-Yan Aw8 From using to creating technology: the evolution of Singapore’s national innovation system and the changing role of public policy Poh Kam Wong9 In search of balance: technological development in China Yang Yao10 Can the Philippines ever catch up? Joy V. Abrenica and Gwendolyn R. Tecson11 Industrial technology transition in Malaysia Rajah Rasiah12 Foreign direct investment, technology and competitiveness in Thailand Peter Brimble13 Technology development in Indonesia Yumiko Okamoto and Fredrik SjöholmIndex