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Information Communication Technology and Economic Development
Edward Elgar Publishing 2006; US$ 40.00Revealing insights regarding the complex process of globalization, this volume shows how the generation and circulation of intellectual capital in the US and India in ICT have led to greater productivity in the US while facilitating the economic development of India. more...
New Frontiers in the Economics of Innovation and New Technology: Essays in Honor of Paul A. David
Edward Elgar Publishing 2006; US$ 40.00Includes a range of papers on simulation models of the evolution of market structure in the presence of innovation, through historical investigations of knowledge networks and empirical analysis of contemporary networks, to the analysis of the diffusion of innovations using simulation and analytic models and of the diffusion of knowledge. more...
Technological Change and Economic Catch-Up
Edward Elgar Publishing 2006; US$ 40.00Tackles the issue of "technological and economic catch-up" by examining the role that public research institutions and local policy play in the promotion of this process. This book argues that the relationship between knowledge transfer, innovation and economic growth has been an important mechanism in stimulating economic take-off and growth. more...
Asia Pacific Innovation Readings
eContent Management Pty Ltd 2005; US$ 154.00Welcome to Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice (ISSN 1447-9338), the new manifestation of R&D Enterprise: Asia Pacific (ISSN 1440-1266). With this triple issue volume (volume 4/1-3), spanning 2002, we complete the transition to the new journal format. A new title, new web site (www.innovation- enterprise.com, launching March 2003), expanded... more...
Sustainable Development Indicators in Ecological Economics
Edward Elgar Publishing 2006; US$ 40.00?This book presents a comprehensive collection of essays from some of the world?s leading experts, surveying and highlighting both the potential and the limitations of a number of indicators specifically designed to measure sustainable development. Illustrative applications are presented throughout in order to demonstrate the value of the approaches... more...
India's and China's Recent Experience with Reform and Growth
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 48.00Can China and India continue to rank among the fastest expanding economies? This book highlights what has worked and what more needs to be done to ensure sustained rapid economic growth and poverty reduction. Addressing the two countries' recent experiences with growth and reform, this book provides important insight for other developing economies. more...
Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth Century Brazil
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 1998; US$ 99.95Demonstrates that the rate and character of business development in Brazil were determined largely by its degree of backwardness, intellectual climate and natural potentialities. Comparison between Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro shows differences among these three Brazilian economies. more...
African Voices On Structural Adjustment
International Development Research Centre 2002; US$ 30.00African Voices on Structural Adjustment presents 14 in-depth studies on the history and future of structural adjustment in Africa. Each study appraises the performance of structural adjustment policies (SAPs) with respect to a particular sector or issue. Each evaluates the compatibility of SAPs with the requirements for long-term development in Africa... more...
Debt Relief for Poor Countries
Palgrave Macmillan 2004; US$ 41.00After a massive international campaign calling attention to the development impact of foreign debt, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative is now underway. But will the HIPC Initiative meet its high expectations? Will debt relief substantially raise growth? How do we make sure that debt relief benefits poor people? And how can we ensure... more...
Making Capitalism in China
Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 64.99This work introduces the complex subject of evolving Chinese capitalism by concentrating, though not exclusively, on Taiwanese investment in mainland China. more...









