Innovation And Structural Change In Post Socialist Countries A Quantitative Approach

Author : David A. Dyker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940114463X
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innovation and Structural Change in Post-Socialist Countries: A Quantitative Approach written by David A. Dyker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses a range of S&T and structural indicators to analyse the transfonnation process, in particular the transfonnation of science, technology and industry, in the fonner communist countries. The book originates from a sense of the tremendous need for quantitative indicators for assessing trends and perfonnance in the post-socialist economies. S&T systems in the region have passed through the first phase of rapid deterioration, or as it is called by some analysts 'implosion'. After ten years of transfonnation we are witnessing a process of increasing differentiation of these countries in tenns of general patterns of growth and structural change, as well as specific lines of restructuring in their S&T systems. The question of sources of growth - or indeed of stagnation - is an increasingly urgent one, from both the policy and academic perspectives. In that context there is a pressing need for in-depth assessment of restructuring patterns in science, technology and industry in the region, as a basis for understanding how restructuring in S&T is linked to industrial restructuring, and to general economic and social transfonnation. As the contributions to this volume show, there is now a critical mass of quantitative data across the post-socialist countries which deserves to be studied more thoroughly in a comparative manner. The changes of the last ten years have produced varying patterns of adjustment which are now clearly visible in S&T and structural indicators.

Author : David A Dyker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789401144643
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innovation and Structural Change in Post-Socialist Countries written by David A Dyker and published by . This book was released on 1999-10-31 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David A Dyker
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1783260793
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catching Up And Falling Behind: Post-communist Transformation In Historical Perspective written by David A Dyker and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2004-07-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of essays David A Dyker explores some of the most difficult and fascinating aspects of the process of transition from autocratic “real socialism” to a capitalism that is sometimes democratic, sometimes authoritarian. The stress is on the economic dimension of transformation, but the author sets the economic drama firmly within a political economy framework and a historical perspective. Trends in key economic variables are analysed against the background of the struggle between different social and political groups for power and command over resources. While the book pays due attention to topical issues like EU enlargement, the underlying perspective is a long-term one. Transition is viewed not as a set of once-and-for-all institutional changes or a process of short-term stabilisation, but as a historic opportunity to solve the inherited problem of poverty and underdevelopment in Central-East Europe and the former Soviet Union. The book ends with a critical assessment of how economics, as a discipline, has coped with the challenge of that historic opportunity.

Author : Knut Koschatzky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642576109
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innovation Networks written by Knut Koschatzky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovation networks are a major source for acquiring new information and knowledge and thus for supporting innovation processes. Despite the many theoretical and empirical contributions to the explanation of networks, many questions still remain open. For example: How can networks, if they do not emerge by their own, be initiated? How can fragmentation in innovation systems be overcome? And how can networking experience from market economies be transferred to the emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe? By presenting a selection of papers which address innovation networking from theoretical and political viewpoints, the book aims at giving answers to these questions.

Author : H. Wallace
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023051443X
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interlocking Dimensions of European Integration written by H. Wallace and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-07-04 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European integration can no longer be understood as a west European experiment mainly focused on functional and economic policy cooperation. The issues addressed include security and defence, as well as core concerns of European society. This volume explores three interlocking dimensions of integration; functional, territorial, and affiliational. Each dimension influences how countries across the continent engage with European integration. This first volume in the One Europe or Several? series identifies the agenda of a research programme, funded by the British Economic and Social Research Council.

Author : Tatyana Novossiolova
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319510045
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Governance of Biotechnology in Post-Soviet Russia written by Tatyana Novossiolova and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the governance of biotechnology in post-Soviet Russia. The rapid advancement of the life sciences over the past few decades promises to bring tremendous benefits, but also raises significant social, ethical, legal, and security risks. Nations’ adaptability to the twin challenges of attempting to secure the benefits while reducing the risks and threats is a large and still burgeoning governance challenge. Here, Novossiolova cuts across several sets of literature, bringing together elements of the anthropological study of culture; history of science and technology; management and international governance; and Soviet history and politics. Due to its multidisciplinary approach, in-depth analysis, accessible style, and extensive reference list, this text offers invaluable insights into the normative dimensions of the governance of biotechnology, unpacking both the formal and intangible attributes and artefacts of biotechnology policy and practice in Russia.

Author : F. McGowan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134358865
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Emerging Industrial Structure of the Wider Europe written by F. McGowan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-05-06 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informative new book analyses the extent and major determinants of the east and west European industrial networks in reinforcing the competitive advantages of the EU and CEECs.

Author : Werner Meske
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 9783825872908
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From System Transformation to European Integration written by Werner Meske and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2004 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science and technology in the former socialist Central and East European countries underwent a period of transformation in the last decade of the 20th century. With respect to the past, this represents the restructuring of the old system; with respect to the 21st century, however, it was the turbulent starting phase in the transition to new national innovation systems. Based on the authors' many years of research in this area the book analyses these processes in detail for 14 countries, reveals common features and differences in the transitional phase and inferres the prospects for the development of science and technology in Eastern Europe in the framework of EU enlargement.

Author : Celeste Varum
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1780632266
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book China: Building An Innovative Economy written by Celeste Varum and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2007-11-30 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive description of China’s innovation system through in-depth analysis of its transformation in the past two decades. The most recent developments are included in order to summarize Chinese experience of reforming its industry and academy sector to meet the challenge of innovation. The discussion is not only centred on the policy and its impact, but goes further to find the logic behind the actions. The book also examines the strengths and weaknesses of China’s innovation system in the global context. The book helps R&D managers, business professionals and academics grasp an understanding of the new changes in China from the perspective of innovation. It also facilitates policy makers and academics to understand the Chinese experience of building a dynamic and innovative economy. Comprehensive coverage of China’s innovation using the national innovation system approach Includes up-to-date information regarding data, policy reforms and policy impact Original comparative discussion of China’s innovation practice in the global context

Author : Oliver Pfirrmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642574602
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Small Firms and Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe written by Oliver Pfirrmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the research on transformation/transition in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) focuses on macroeconomic issues (inflation, economic growth, employment ...). Little research has been devoted so far to microeconomic analysis. Recently the issue of new enterprises and firm founders has moved to the centre of economic and policy considerations. Readers of this book will learn about the role played by these firms in the transformation of central and eastern European countries. The book also includes contributions from Central and Eastern Europe on which little or no investigation has been performed until now (Yugoslavia, Romania, Slovakia).