BRICS and Development Alternatives

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Presents research findings from the BRICS Project, a comparative analysis of the innovation systems of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are currently at the crossroads of major structural economic and political changes. This book provides a comparative analysis of the national innovation systems of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and the trends in each of their science, technology and innovation policies. It makes use of an analytical framework, the concept 'systems of innovation and competence building' developed within 'Globelics' (the Global Research Network on the Economics of Learning, Innovation and Capacity Building Systems).

List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Foreword - Bengt-Åke Lundvall; Science, Technology and Innovation Policies in the BRICS Countries: an introduction; Achievements and Shortcomings of Brazil’s Innovation Policies; Prospective Agenda for Science and Technology and Innovation Policies in Russia; Science, Technology and Innovation Policies in India: Achievements and Limits; Science and Technology and Innovation Policy in China; The South African Innovation Policies: Potential and Constraint; Notes

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• Published by: Anthem Press
• Published: 15 October 2009
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• EAN13: 9781843318149
• Language: English
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BRICS and Development Alternatives: Innovation Systems and Policies

BRICS and Development Alternatives: Innovation Systems and Policies

Edited by JOSÉ EDUARDO CASSIOLATO AND VIRGÍNIA VITORINO

Anthem Press An imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company www.anthempress.com

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ISBN13: 978 1 84331 799 9 (Hbk) ISBN10: 1 84331 799 0 (Hbk)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of contributors Preface Acknowledgements Foreword The BRICS Countries and Europe BengtÅke Lundvall

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Science, Technology and Innovation Policies in the BRICS Countries: an introduction José Eduardo Cassiolato and Helena Maria Martins Lastres

Achievements and Shortcomings of Brazil’s Innovation Policies Priscila Koeller and José Eduardo Cassiolato

Prospective Agenda for Science and Technology and Innovation Policies in Russia Leonid Gokhberg, Natalia Gorodnikova, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Alexander Sokolov and Stanislav Zaichenko

Science, Technology and Innovation Policies in India: Achievements and Limits K. J. Joseph and Dinesh Abrol

Science and Technology and Innovation Policy in China Xielin Liu and Jianbing Liu

The South African Innovation Policies: Potential and Constraint Glenda Kruss and Jo Lorentzen

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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Dinesh Kumar ABROL

B.Tech (Electronics), Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani & M.Phil (Science Policy), Jawahar Lal Nehru University, India. Director Grade Scientist, National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies, New Delhi, India. Email: [e-mail]

José Eduardo CASSIOLATO

Ph.D., SPRU, University of Sussex, UK. Coordinator of RedeSist and Professor, Institute of Economics Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Email: [e-mail]

Leonid GOKHBERG

Professor, First ViceRector, State University – Higher School of Economics (HSE), and Director, HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK). Russia. Email: [e-mail]

Natalya GORODNIKOVA Dr., Director for Research, Centre for Science, Information and Education Programmes, Russia. Email: [e-mail]

Priscila KOELLER

Ph.D. Candidate, Economics Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Adviser of Directorate of Surveys, The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Email: [e-mail]

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BRICS AND DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES

Glenda KRUSS Chief Research Specialist, Education, Research Programme on Science and Skills Development, Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa. Email: [e-mail]

Tatyana KUZNETSOVA Dr., Director, Centre for S&T, Innovation and Information Policies, HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK), State University – Higher School of Economics (HSE), Russia. Email: [e-mail]

K. J. Joseph Ph.D, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Professor, Centre for Development Studies Trivandrum Kerala India. Email: [e-mail] Centre for Development Studies Trivandrum Kerala India. Email: [e-mail]

Jianbing LIU

Ph.D, Researcher, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Science. Email: [e-mail]

Xielin LIU Ph.D, Tsinghua University, Professor and associate dean School of Management, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Science. Email: [e-mail]

Jo LONRENTZEN

Ph.D, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy. Chief Research Specialist, Science and Innovation Unit, Research Programme on Education, Science, and Skills Development, Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa. Email: [e-mail]

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

BengtÅke LUNDVALL

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Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark, Special Invited Professor at Sciences Po, Paris, France, Coordinator of worldwide research network Globelics. Email: [e-mail]

Helena Maria MARTINS LASTRES

Ph.D., SPRU, University of Sussex, UK. Head of the Secretariat for Local Production and Innovation Systems and Regional Development of the Brazilian Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES), Senior Researcher, IBICT, Brazilian Ministry for Science and Technology, Brazil. Email: [e-mail]

Alexander SOKOLOV

Professor, Deputy Director, HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK), and Director of the HSE/ISSEK International Foresight Centre, State University – Higher School of Economics (HSE), Russia. Email: [e-mail]

Stanislav ZAICHENKO Researcher, Centre for S&T, Innovation and Information Policies, HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK), State University – Higher School of Economics (HSE), Russia. Email: [e-mail]