http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/34940 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:37:03 GMT 2013-06-19T10:37:03Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/47810 Title: Biotechnology and innovation systems : the role of public policy Editors: Göransson, Bo; Pålsson, Carl Magnus Abstract: This book explores how policies targeting public research institutions, such as universities, contribute to the appropriation of biotechnology through national innovation systems. Around the world, biotechnology has become a driving force for dramatic change in systems and policies intended to spur innovation. The leading contributors expertly construct a detailed picture of policy approaches that support biotechnology and how such approaches work under different economic and social conditions. They also provide an insight into the role of universities in this process. Researchers, academics, students, policy advisors, decision-makers, and other professionals involved in the fields of biotechnology, innovation systems, higher education, and development will find this book an invaluable resource. Description: Co-published with Edward Elgar Publishing Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/47810 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/45872 Title: Global innovation in emerging economies Authors: Reddy, Prasada Description: Co-published with Routledge Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/45872 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/44853 Title: Innovation and the development agenda Editors: Kraemer-Mbula, Erica; Wamae, Watu Abstract: Innovation drives long-term economic growth. It has a crucial role to play as global economies recover from the current financial crisis. This book examines the role of innovation in developing countries, with a focus on Africa. It investigates innovation systems and their application; the key role of knowledge in innovation for development; and the importance of comparable country studies and official statistics on innovation. It stresses the need for innovation to become part of a comprehensive development agenda, and makes recommendations for promoting activities in both the formal and informal sectors, with the aim of transforming agriculture into a knowledge-based industry capable of stimulating economic growth. Description: Co-published with OECD Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/44853 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/44851 Title: Innovation strategies for a global economy : development implementation, measurement and management Authors: Gault, Fred Abstract: This book is about innovation strategies for a global economy, their development, implementation, measurement and management. Following the global economic crisis, people are asking: what went wrong? Here, Fred Gault illustrates that a part of the problem was innovation in financial services, which resulted in the release of attractive new products to the market that diffused rapidly and then lost value. This book considers innovation and how policies are developed and implemented to support it. In so doing, framework conditions such as market regulation and the cost of doing business are examined to discover how future problems could be avoided. A better understanding of innovation and innovation policy may result in improved economic and social outcomes from these activities. The book therefore begins with an exploration of the language and system framework used to discuss innovation, and the statistical indicators needed to describe it. The author provides a critical assessment of innovation policy development, monitoring and evaluation, and considers innovation strategies, their components and management. He concludes by prescribing directions for new work in developed and developing countries. Academics engaged in the study of innovation policy, its monitoring and evaluation, will find this book to be of great interest, as will graduate students in the fields of business and management, and sociology. It will also strongly appeal to governmental policymakers and statisticians responsible for innovation statistics. Description: Co-published with Edward Elgar Publishing Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/44851 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/44665 Title: Economic liberalization and political violence : utopia or dystopia? Editors: Gutiérrez, Francisco; Schönwälder, Gerd Abstract: Globalization is lauded by some as a tool for spreading peace and prosperity, and decried by others as a harbinger of conflict and war. This book challenges both views. Narrowing the concept of globalization to the more manageable notion of “neoliberalism,” this book studies its effects on violent conflict and war-making. Using a variety of qualitative case studies from Latin America (Colombia, Peru, El Salvador, and Guatemala) and sub-Saharan Africa (Côte d’Ivoire, Sudan, and Uganda), the contributors demonstrate that the shift to neoliberal policies has produced widely diverging outcomes in different contexts. This book shows that neoliberalism can help to end violent conflict as well as bringing about new, criminal forms of violence. It is an invaluable resource for students of political economy, development studies, and international relations. Description: Co-published with Pluto Press Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/44665 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z