Technology, competitiveness and radical policy change : the case of Brazil / Jorg Meyer-Stamer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyer-Stamer, Jörg, 1958-

Contributor:

Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik.

Series:

GDI book series ; no. 9.

GDI book series ; no. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Brazil.

Technological innovations.

Technology and state--Brazil.

Technology and state.

Competition--Brazil.

Competition.

Import substitution--Brazil.

Import substitution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume investigates the limited effectiveness of technology policy in the inward-oriented industrialization model of the past. It looks at the political structures that compromise the transition to the development model, and the restructuring effort within Brazilian industrial firms.

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables in the Text; Figures in the Text; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Technology and Industrial Competitiveness in the Context of Import Substitution-General Reflections and Experience from Brazil; Part II Technology, Innovation and Industrial Competitiveness: The Discussion in the OECD-Countries-Prospects for Brazil; Notes; Bibliography

Notes:

"Published in association with the German Development Institute, Berlin."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-135-77729-2

1-135-77730-6

1-280-11517-3

0-203-98867-1

9780203988671

OCLC:

226376619