This article contributes to the ongoing debate about whether, how, and under what
conditions latecomer countries can become producers of new technology and innovation …

The automotive industry is moving towards electric vehicles (EVs) as an innovative
transportation tool. This leads to a paradigm shift in the industry and poses challenges of …

From the times of Adam Smith, many economists who were interested in economies around
the world recognized that there were great differences among national economies in their …

The current export boom in natural resources is considered to be the 'new window of
opportunity'for many developing countries endowed with natural resources. Recent studies …

The strong growth and export performance in Africa for the last decade were largely due to
higher international commodity prices and did not translate into the broad-based economic …

The effect of natural resources (NR) on growth has been a topic widely discussed in the
economics literature. The evidence shows a predominant negative impact of this, but this …

Recent research has emphasized that success of industrial clusters is not only driven by
intra-cluster knowledge sharing ('local buzz') but also by externally sourced knowledge …

A new'scramble for Africa'is presently underway. Unlike that of the late 19th century, this
second scramble does not rely upon the capture of assets through extra-territorial force. This …

The roles of institutions in blocking successful technological changes are the prime
concerns of this paper. A mixed framework is developed for this purpose based on concepts …

This paper is about modes of learning, R&D intensity and economic prosperity in low R&D
countries (LRDCs), especially Indonesia. R&D intensity for long-term economic growth was …