Innovation Capabilities and Economic Development in Open Economies

Vanessa Casadella is a researcher at CRIISEA and a member of the Research Network on Innovation (RNI). She is an Associate Professor and head of department at IUT de l'Oise in France.Zeting Liu is a researcher at Clersé-CNRS, University of Lille in France. She is an economist and general secretary of the Research Network on Innovation (RNI) and a member of the international Jean-Baptiste Say society.Dimitri Uzunidis is a researcher at Clersé-CNRS, University of Lille in France. He is president of the Research Network on Innovation (RNI) and the international Jean-Baptiste Say society. He teaches in both Greece and the US.

• Preface vii Introduction ixChapter 1. Theories and Policies of Economic Development 11.1. The era of economic interventionism 31.1.1. Impasses of economic take-off theories 41.1.2. The crisis of the interventionist State 91.2. The era of liberalism 111.2.1. Structural adjustment programs 121.2.2. Failure of the “minimum State” 171.3. The era of “good governance” 211.3.1. Institutions, “good governance” and development 221.3.2. “Development” in global governance  261.4. The system of “global governance” under scrutiny 301.4.1. Global governance as a substitute for economic voluntarism 311.4.2. Toward an alternative model of economic growth? 38Chapter 2. Innovative Capacities and Systems of the South in Globalization 472.1. Innovation for economic development   482.1.1. Understanding globalization through technology transfer 502.1.2. Innovation for development 552.2. Innovation systems and integration into the world economy 602.2.1. Innovation capacity and learning process 612.2.2. About national innovation systems 642.2.3. Measuring the performance of innovation systems in developing countries 702.2.4. Location strategies of multinational firms and the role of NIS 762.3. The difficulties of implementing innovation policies in developing countries 802.3.1. Asymmetries and endemic blockages 812.3.2. The North/South and South/South technology gap   862.3.3. The structural problems of innovation policies  97Conclusion 105Bibliography 111Index  125