Fuelling economic growth [[electronic resource] ] : the role of public-private sector research in development / / edited by Michael Graham and Jean Woo

• Pubblicazione: Warkwickshire, : Practical Action Publishing; Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9
• Soggetto topico: Economic development; Public-private sector cooperation
• Altri autori: GrahamMichael <1949-> WooJean
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Figures; Tables; Acronyms and abbreviations; Authors; 1 Introduction; 2 Innovation and productivity: Argentine manufacturing firms in the 1990's; 3 Research for policy development: Industrial clusters in South China; 4 Partnerships for agroindustrial research and development in Costa Rica and El Salvador; 5 Public-private research, development, and innovation in Peru; 6 Trends in research and development in Tanzania: Funding sources, institutional arrangements, and relevance; 7 Public-private partnerships in fish genetics research: The Philippine experience ; 8 Learning by networking with multinationals: A study of the Vietnamese automotive industry 9 Conclusion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The private sector is playing an important role in funding scientific research. In this work, seven case studies from Argentina, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Tanzania, Peru, the Philippines and Vietnam examine how policies have been developed and implemented to encourage innovation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fuelling economic growth
• ISBN: 1-282-05719-7; 9786612057199; 1-55250-416-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783096503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II