In this carefully chosen selection of essays, Linsu Kim - one of Korea"s foremost social scientists, who is advising the Korean government on reform strategy in light of the current crisis - identifies the evolutionary processes and patterns of learning, capability building, and innovation in catch-up countries. He suggests that catch-up economies display different patterns of learning and innovation than do more advanced countries.

Using the example of Korea, he examines industries such as consumer electronics, machinery, pharmaceuticals, automobiles and semiconductors, all of which have been important contributors to Korea"s economic growth and development. Linsu Kim analyzes both the formal and informal mechanisms Korea has used in acquiring technologies from, mainly, advanced countries. He considers how these technologies are assimilated rapidly into the local economy, and in some cases improved to increase Korea"s international competitiveness. This examination and extension ofthe theory of learning and innovation has many useful implications for both catch-up economies and also advanced countries. It offers analytical frameworks which policy makers and managers can use in formulating and evaluating public policies and corporate strategies. Learning and Innovation in Economic Development will be of interest to a wide audience including those working in the fields of technology management, innovation studies and development economics. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Learning and Innovation in Economic Development (Linsu Kim)