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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778285803321

Autore

Breznitz Dan

Titolo

Innovation and the State : Political Choice and Strategies for Growth in Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland / / Dan Breznitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

0-300-15340-6

1-281-73519-1

9786611735197

0-300-13774-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (xviii, 262 p.) ) : ill

Disciplina

338.9

Soggetti

Information technology - Israel

Information technology - Taiwan

Information technology - Ireland

Israel Economic policy

Taiwan Economic policy

Ireland Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Plurality, Choice, and the Politics of Industrial Innovation -- 2. The Development of the IT Industry in Israel: Maximization of R&D as an Industrial Policy -- 3. The Development of the IT Industry in Taiwan: Public Research Institutions as Growth Impetus? -- 4. A Misunderstood "Miracle": The State and the Growth of the IT Industry in Ireland -- Conclusion: Comparing Choices and Consequences in Rapid Innovation-Based Industrialization -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The 1990s brought surprising industrial development in emerging economies around the globe: firms in countries not previously known for their high-technology industries moved to the forefront in new Information Technologies (IT) by using different business models and



carving out unique positions in the global IT production networks. In this book Dan Breznitz asks why economies of different countries develop in different ways, and his answer relies on his exhaustive research into the comparative experiences of Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland-states that made different choices to nurture the growth of their IT industries.The role of the state in economic development has changed, Breznitz concludes, but it has by no means disappeared. He offers a new way of thinking about state-led rapid-innovation-based industrial development that takes into account the ways production and innovation are now conducted globally. And he offers specific guidelines to help states make advantageous decisions about research and development, relationships with foreign firms and investors, and other critical issues.