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Author Rasiah, Rajah

Title Innovation and Industrialization in Asia
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (168 pages)
Contents Cover; Innovation and Industrialization inAsia; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1 Explaining technological catch-up in Asia; 2 Innovation and learning in the integrated circuits industry inTaiwan and China; 3 The computer software industry as a vehicle of late industrialization: lessons from the Indian case; 4 Samsung's catch-up with Sony: an analysis using US patent data; 5 Ownership and technological capabilities in Indonesia's automotive parts firms; 6 Are electronics firms in Malaysia catching up in the technology ladder?
7 Technological capability of automobile parts suppliers in Thailand8 Foreign capital and technological specialization of garment firms in Myanmar; 9 Malaysia's manufacturing innovation experience; Index
Summary Existing accounts of East Asia's meteoric growth and structural change has either been explained as one dictated essentially by markets with strong macroeconomic fundamentals, or a consequence of proactive governments. This book departs from such a dichotomy by examining inductively the drivers of the experiences. Given the evolutionary treatment of each economic good and service as different, this book examines technological catch up with a strong focus on the industries contributing significantly to the economic growth of the countries selected in Asia. The evidence produced supports the
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Technological innovations -- Asia -- Case studies
Economic development -- Asia -- Case studies
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Economic development
Technological innovations
Asia
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Lin, Yeo
Sadoi, Yuri
ISBN 9781135703202
1135703205