National Innovation Systems A Comparative Analysis

by Nelson, Richard R.

• ISBN13: 9780195076165
• ISBN10: 0195076168
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-06-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The slowdown of growth in Western industrialized nations in the last twenty years, along with the rise of Japan as a major economic and technological power (and enhanced technical sophistication of Taiwan, Korea, and other NICs) has led to what the authors believe to be a "techno-nationalism." This combines a strong belief that technological capabilities of a nation;s firms are a key source of their competitive process, with a belief that these capabilities are in a sense national, and can be built by national action. This book is about these national systems of technical innovation. The heart of the work contains studies of seventeen countries--from large market-oriented industrialized ones to several smaller high income ones, including a number of newly industrialized states as well. Clearly written, this work highlights institutions and mechanisms which support technical innovation, showing similarities, differences, and their sources across nations, making this work accessible to students as well as the scholars of innovation.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. v
Contributors	p. ix
Steering Committee for National Innovation Project	p. xi
Technical Innovation and National Systems	p. 3
Note	p. 20
References	p. 20
Large High-Income Countries	p. 23
The U. S. National Innovation System	p. 29
Conclusion	p. 61
Notes	p. 64
References	p. 72
The Japanese System of Innovation: Past, Present, and Future	p. 76
Notes	p. 111
References	p. 112
The National System for Technical Innovation in Germany	p. 115
National Innovation Systems: Britain	p. 158
Conclusions	p. 187
References	p. 189
The French National System of Innovation	p. 192
The National System of Innovation: Italy	p. 230
Smaller High-Income Countries	p. 261
Comparing the Danish and Swedish Systems of Innovation	p. 265
Notes	p. 292
References	p. 296
The Canadian System of Industrial Innovation	p. 299
Conclusions	p. 319
References	p. 321
The Australian Innovation System	p. 324
Concluding Remarks	p. 348
Notes	p. 349
References	p. 351
Lower Income Countries	p. 353
National System of Industrial Innovation: Dynamics of Capability Building in Korea	p. 357
Concluding Remarks	p. 381
Note	p. 382
References	p. 382
National Systems Supporting Technical Advance in Industry: The Case of Taiwan	p. 384
National Systems Supporting Technical Advance in Industry: The Brazilian Experience	p. 414
Conclusions	p. 445
Notes	p. 446
References	p. 449
National Systems of Innovation Supporting Technical Advance in Industry: The Case of Argentina	p. 451
Notes	p. 473
References	p. 474
the Innovation System of Israel: Description, Performance, and Outstanding Issues	p. 476
Summary and Conclusions	p. 493
Notes	p. 497
References	p. 501
National Innovation Systems	p. 503
A Retrospective	p. 505
Index	p. 525
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