Failing to Compete
Subtitle: Technology Development and Technology Systems in Africa
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub; Edward Elgar Pub.
Published: December 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781840646405
Subjects: Development economics; Technology: General Issues; History & Theory - General; Industries - Manufacturing Industries; Business & Economics; 1960-; Africa; Case studies; Economic aspects; Economic conditions; Technological innovations; Business/Economics
Description: "This unique study draws on extensive fieldwork assessing technology systems in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe in the context of their export competitiveness. Its emphasis is on the role of technology systems in building industrial competitiveness and in this it finds deficiencies in the systems in all these countries, though there are also significant differences between them. Comparisons are made with more successful economies, particularly those of East Asia, and policy implications are drawn for the strengthening of technology support systems. Central to the book is its combination of academic analysis with a strong policy focus - policy implications are drawn for each case-study country." "Failing to Compete will be of interest to all academics and scholars of development economics, international competitiveness and technology studies."--BOOK JACKET.