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Learning, Capability Building and Innovation for Development (Eadi Global Development Series)
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Hardcover. A global cast of contributors examine economic development as a process of learning and technological accumulation and provide empirical evidence from different emerging countries. Editor(s): Dutrenit, Gabriela; Lee, Keun; Nelson, Richard; Vera-Cruz, Alexandre; Soete, Luc. Series: EADI Global Development Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JKSR; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Today, a large number of scholars studying development understand this process as involving learning and capability building. Capability building is an active, not a passive, process. It requires a purposeful effort from the learner's side, with support and commitment on allocation of time and resources toward learning activities. This process implies the possibility of failure as well as success, as we also learn from failures. A global cast of academics and policy makers examines economic development as a process of learning and technological accumulation, showing how economic development is a process involving creative destruction. While markets and market competition play ... Read more
Today, a large number of scholars studying development understand this process as involving learning and capability building. Capability building is an active, not a passive, process. It requires a purposeful effort from the learner's side, with support and commitment on allocation of time and resources toward learning activities. This process implies the possibility of failure as well as success, as we also learn from failures. A global cast of academics and policy makers examines economic development as a process of learning and technological accumulation, showing how economic development is a process involving creative destruction. While markets and market competition play ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
EADI Global Development Series
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137306920
SKU
V9781137306920
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99-15
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Morris Teubal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Gustavo Crespi, Inter-American Development Bank, USA José Eduardo Cassiolato, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Helena Maria Martins Lastres, Brazilian Development Bank Michiko Iizuka, UNU-MERIT, the Netherlands Flávio Peixoto, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics Rajah Rasiah, University of Malaya, Malaysia Keun Lee, Seoul National University, South Korea Raphael Kaplinsky, the Open ... Read more
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