National Innovation Systems: A Comparative Analysis

by Richard R. Nelson

Book Overview

The slowdown of growth in Western industrialized nations in the last twenty years, along with the rise of Japan as a major economic and technological power (and enhanced technical sophistication of Taiwan, Korea, and other NICs) has led to what the authors believe to be a "techno-nationalism." This combines a strong belief that technological capabilities of a nation's firms are a key source of their competitive process, with a belief that these capabilities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195076176
• ISBN13: 9780195076172
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"