1st Edition

Latecomers in the Global Economy

Edited By Michael Storper, Stavros Thomadakis Copyright 1998
344 Pages
by Routledge

344 Pages
by Routledge

344 Pages
by Routledge

Drawing on the example of late-developing countries, especially from East Asia, catching up with established powers, the authors address a new formulation of industrial policy for latecoming, semi-industrialized countries. With contributions from some of the best-known economists currently working in this area, the book will be a valuable guide for economists and international policy-makers... Read more
Introduction; Part I: Theoretical foundations; 1: Industrial policy for latecomers: Products, conventions, and learning; 2: Globalization tendencies relevant for latecomers: Some conceptual issues; 3: Principles of an operational industrial policy for latecomers: Failures of analogy, strategies, and degrees of freedom; Part II: Policies, instruments and agents; 4: Coordinated industrialization: Institutional agendas for less favored countries; 5: Implications of organizational learning for horizontal technology policies: An exploratory study; 6: Industrial policy, competitive strategy, and networks of small and medium-sized firms: Theoretical issues and implications for less favored countries; 7: The regional development potential of inward investment 1; Part III: Case studies; 8: Learning, innovation, and industrial policy: Some lessons from Korea; 9: Industrial policy for catching up: The case of Taiwan; 10: Industrial policy in Ireland and the problem of late development; 11: Promoting coordination at regional level: The case of Northern Greece 1; 12: Inward investment in Central and Eastern Europe: The compatibility of objectives and the need for an industrial strategy

Biography

Michael Storper, Stavros Thomadakis, Lena Tsipouri