Provides a fresh perspective to the ongoing debate on the core themes of development economics. This book, in honour of Robert E. Evenson, brings together diverse, yet interrelated, areas of innovations such as agricultural development, technology and industry while assessing their combined roles in developing an economy. Thematically structured, it covers innovation and economic development; technological progress and agricultural development; and technology transfer, national innovation systems and industrial development. With essays addressing the significant aspects in development economics, it offers a unique contribution in terms of focusing on problems from the perspective of developing economies.
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Legacy – Robert E. Evenson Daniel Johnson
Technology, Innovations and Economic Development: An Introduction Lakhwinder Singh, K J Joseph and Daniel K N Johnson
I: Innovation and Economic Development
- Education Reforms, Technological Change and Economic Development Leonardo A Lanzona, Jr
- Eco-innovation: A Literature Review of the Challenges Facing the Development of Green Technologies Daniel K N Johnson and Kristina M Lybecker
- Social Inclusion and Institutional Innovations: Working towards a Policy-theoretical Framework M A Oommen
II: Technological Progess and Agricultural Development
- Measuring Public Agricultural Research Capital and Its Impact on State Agricultural Productivity in the United States Wallace E Huffman
- Access to Markets and Farm Efficiency: A Study of Bicol Rice Farms over Two Decades Sanjaya DeSilva
III: Technology Transfer, National Innovation Systems and Industrial Development
- Global Innovation Networks and Industry – University Interaction: A Study of India’s ICT Sector K J Joseph and Vinoj Abraham
- Globalization of Industrial R&D in Developing Countries: A Sociological Perspective Binay Kumar Pattnaik
- Technological Capability, Employment Growth and Industrial Development: A Quantitative Anatomy of Indian Scenario Lakhwinder Singh and Baldev Singh Shergill
- Intellectual Property Protection, Innovation and Medicines: Lessons from the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry Dinesh Abrol