Technical Change and Economic Growth: Inside the Knowledge Based Economy

by Korres,George M.

• ISBN13: 9781840149920
• ISBN10: 1840149922
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781351895811
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2018-03-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The essays reprinted here trace the history of Chinese emigration into the Pacific region, first as individuals, traders or exiles, moving into the 'Nanyang' (Southeast Asia), then as a mass migration across the ocean after the mid-19th century. The papers include discussions of what it meant to be Chinese, the position of the migrants vis-agrave;-vis China itself, and their relations with indigenous peoples as well as the European powers that came to dominate the region. Together with the introduction, they constitute an important aid to understanding one of the most widespread diasporas of the modern world. Contents: Introduction; Concepts and Overview: Conceptualizing Chinese diasporas 1842 to 1949, Adam McKeown; The distribution and occupations of overseas Chinese, Sen-Dou Chang. Migration, Interaction and Hybridity in Southeast Asia: Change and persistence in Chinese culture overseas: a comparison of Thailand and Java, Chingho A. Chen; The Chinaman abroad: an account of the Malayan Archipelago, particularly of Java, Tae-Hae Ong [Dahai Wang]; The Chinese mestizo in Philippine history, Edgar Wickberg. Around the Pacific: Chinese coolie emigration to countries within the British Empire, Persia Crawford Campbell; The Chinese struggle for civil rights in 19th-century America: the first phase, 18501870, Charles McClain; Origins of the Chinese in the South Pacific islands, W.E. Willmott; From gold mountain women to astronauts' wives: challenges to New Zealand Chinese women, Manying Ip. Between Nationalisms: A note on the origins of 'Hua-Chiao', Gungwu Wang; The overseas Chinese and the 1911 revolution, Ching-hwang Yen; Pigtail: a pre-history of Chineseness in Siam, Kasian Tejapira; Index. About the Author: Anthony Reid is Director of the Asia Research Institute and Professor in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
List of Abbreviations	p. xix
Knowledge Economy and Innovation Activities: An Approach to Definitions and Measurement	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Knowledge and Innovation Activities	p. 3
Measurement of Leading Indicators of Knowledge and Innovation Activities	p. 20
Policy Implications and Summary	p. 38
Modelling Knowledge Economy and Innovation Activities with the Context of New Growth Theory	p. 41
Introduction	p. 41
New Growth Debate	p. 42
Theoretical Approach to the Endogenous Theory	p. 44
Modelling Knowledge and Estimation of Innovation and Scientific Activities	p. 50
Policy Implications and Summary	p. 106
Knowledge Economy, Technical Change and Productivity Growth	p. 109
Introduction	p. 109
Theory and Measurement of Productivity Growth	p. 110
Innovation Activities, Growth and Productivity: Recent Trends and Evidence	p. 122
Policy Implications and Summary	p. 147
Foreign Direct Investment (FDIs), National System of Innovations and Diffusion of Knowledge	p. 149
Introduction	p. 149
Defining and Measuring Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs)	p. 152
FDIs and Productivity Growth in the Context of National Systems of Innovation	p. 156
Knowledge-based Economy and Innovation Policy	p. 186
Leading Indicators and Methodology for Measurement of Knowledge-based Economy	p. 192
Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Knowledge-based Economy	p. 200
Knowledge-based Economy and the Firm	p. 213
Managing Knowledge: Leaders and Laggards	p. 215
Knowledge Generation and Diffusion	p. 216
Modelling the Diffusion Model in the New Growth Theory	p. 217
Inter-country and International Diffusion Approach: The Theoretical Framework	p. 226
Policy Priorities and Summary	p. 242
European Innovation Policy and Regional Cohesion	p. 259
Introduction	p. 259
The Framework of European Innovation Policy	p. 261
New Economy and Knowledge-society in Europe	p. 270
An Evaluation of European Technological Policy	p. 274
European Innovation Policy and Lisbon Strategy towards Knowledge-based Economy	p. 285
European Policy and the Regional Systems of Innovation	p. 299
Conclusions	p. 306
Appendix: Glossary of Definitions and Measurements	p. 315
Bibliography	p. 321
Index	p. 369
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