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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450170703321

Autore

Chandra Vandana <1957->

Titolo

Technology, adaptation, and exports [[electronic resource] ] : --how some developing countries got it right / / Vandana Chandra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2006

ISBN

1-280-51625-9

9786610516254

0-8213-6508-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 p.)

Disciplina

338/.064091724

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Developing countries

Technology transfer - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Developing countries Economic policy

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

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1. Technology, Adaptation, and Exports-How Some Developing Countries Got It Right; Tables; Boxes; 2. India's Software Industry; 3. Electronics in Taiwan-A Case of Technological Learning; Figures; 4. Electronics in Malaysia: Export Expansion but Slow Technical Change; 5. Explaining Malaysia's Export Expansion in Palm Oil and Related Products; 6. Salmon Farming in Chile; 7. Wine Production in Chile; 8. Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Competitive Agriculture: Grapes in India; 9. Closing the Yield Gap: Maize in India

10. Technological Change in Uganda's Fishery Exports11. Floriculture in Kenya

Sommario/riassunto

The literature on technological change and growth has mainly used econometric models to establish that factors, such as the degree of openness, skills, research and development expenditures, number of patents etc., are critical determinants of innovation and its effect on growth. However, this approach fails to explain the role of institutions and policies that created the environment for innovation. Using 10 case studies from developing countries, this book examines how



governments fostered technological adaptation through public-private partnerships to develop world-class exporters in high-g

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Record Nr.

UNISA996392124203316

Autore

L. P (Laurence Price), <fl. 1625-1680?>

Titolo

A new Spanish tragedy. Or, more strange nevves from the narrow seas [[electronic resource] ] : discovering tvvo most dreadfull sea fights betvveen the Spaniard and the Hollander, the first happened on September the 6, and the second upon Friday the 11 of October last, in vvhich were many 1000 slaine, and of the Spaniards was 16 ships grounded, 28 fired, some sunke into the sea, and some taken. To the tune of the Angel Gabriel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Samuel Rand on Holborne Bridge, [1639]

Descrizione fisica

1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill

Soggetti

Ballads, English - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

L. P. = Laurence Price.

Publication date from STC.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Sommario/riassunto

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