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Fuelling economic growth : the role of public-private sector research in development / edited by Michael Graham and Jean Woo.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development.
- Public-private sector cooperation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Warkwickshire : Practical Action Publishing ; Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612057199
- 9781282057197
- 1282057197
- 9781552504161
- 1552504166
- OCLC:
- 458724834
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