Learning, Capability Building and Innovation for Development

Morris Teubal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelGustavo Crespi, Inter-American Development Bank, USAJosé Eduardo Cassiolato, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BrazilHelena Maria Martins Lastres, Brazilian Development BankMichiko Iizuka, UNU-MERIT, the NetherlandsFlávio Peixoto, Brazilian Institute of Geography and StatisticsRajah Rasiah, University of Malaya, MalaysiaKeun Lee, Seoul National University, South KoreaRaphael Kaplinsky, the Open University, UKHoward Pack, University of Pennsylvania, USAAlexandre O. Vera-Cruz, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, MexicoGabriela Dutrenit, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, MexicoValeria Arza, Argentinean National Research Council Bernardo Kosacoff, Universidad de Buenos Aires, ArgentinaMario Cimoli, University of Venice, ItalyGabriel Porcile, University of Parana, Brazil

• 1.Introduction; Gabriela Dutrénit, Keun Lee, Richard Nelson, Luc Soete and Alexandre O. Vera-Cruz 2. The Generation of Domestic Technological Capabilities: Measuring the Impact of the Contributions of Jorge Katz; Gabriela Dutrénit 3. The Latin American Structuralist School and the Innovation Systems Perspective: Jorge Katz, Learning and Micro and Macro Connections; José E. Cassiolato, Helena Lastres and Flávio Peixoto 4. The Significance of Jorge Katz's Work for the Understanding of Learning and Technological Capability Building in Developing Countries; Alexandre O. Vera-Cruz and Arturo Torres Vargas 5. 'Old and New' Approaches to Innovation Policy: a Systems Evolutionary (S/E) Perspective; Morris Teubal 6. Industrial Productivity in Developing Nations; Howard Pack 7. Productivity and Firm Heterogeneity in Chile; Gustavo Crespi 8. Developing Competing Capabilities in the Argentinean Industry (1958-2008); Bernardo Kosacoff 9. Micro-Macro Interactions in Technological Learning and Growth; Mario Cimoli & Gabriel Porcile 10. The Social Dimension of Behaviour: Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Firms' Investment in R&D and in Machinery in Argentina; Valeria Arza 11. Macro, Meso and Micro Coordination and Technological Progress: Catch Up Experiences of Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation; Rajah Rasiah 12. Knowledge Regimes and Technological Catch-up; Keun Lee 13. Catching Up in the 21st Century: Globalization, Knowledge and Capabilities in Latin America, a Case for Natural Resource Based Activities; Michiko Iizuka and Luc Soete 14. Past Innovation trajectories in Latin America and current innovation trajectories in China; Raphael Kaplinsky