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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827847703321

Titolo

Technology, competitiveness, and the state : Malaysia's industrial technology policies / / edited by Jomo K.S. and Greg Felker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-64207-5

0-429-22867-8

1-134-64208-3

1-280-33099-6

9786610330997

0-203-03117-2

0-203-17163-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; ; 23

Altri autori (Persone)

Jomo K. S (Jomo Kwame Sundaram)

FelkerGreg <1959->

Disciplina

338.06409595

Soggetti

Industrialization - Malaysia

Technological innovations - Malaysia

Industrial policy - Malaysia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Technology, competitiveness and governance; 3 Technological capability development by firms from East Asian NIEs: possible lessons for Malaysia; 4 Complexity and hierarchy in the East Asian division of labour: Japanese technological superiority and ASEAN industrial development; 5 Malaysia's innovation system: actors, interests and governance; 6 Technology policy and competitiveness in Malaysia; 7 Malaysia's national innovation system

8 Improving Malaysian industrial technology policies and institutions9 Managing research utilisation in Malaysia; 10 Skilled and unskilled foreign labour in Malaysian development - a strategic shift?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume, and its companion, Industrial Technology Development in Malaysia, examine and evaluate Malaysian industrialization in terms of



its experience of and prospects for industrial technology development. The focus is on role played by state-sponsored innovation in the process economic development and in the context of national development strategies. Technology, Competitiveness and the State, provides a valuable analysis of the technological development of a Newly Industrializing Country and reflects on whether existing development strategies can be maintained in the w