Innovation and the state : political choice and strategies for growth in Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland / Dan Breznitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breznitz, Dan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Israel.

Information technology.

Information technology--Taiwan.

Information technology--Ireland.

Israel--Economic policy.

Israel.

Taiwan--Economic policy.

Taiwan.

Ireland--Economic policy.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786611735197

9780300153408

0300153406

9781281735195

1281735191

9780300137743

0300137745

OCLC:

1024031743