The Reconfiguration of a Latecomer Innovation System
Governing Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Innovation in South Korea
©2013
Thesis
301 Pages
Series:
Emerging Markets Studies, Volume 4
Summary
The book examines the evolving governance of pharmaceutical biotechnology in South Korea in order to derive conclusions about the dynamics of a latecomer system transition. Based on an analysis of innovation activities in the biomedical sector, which is complemented by expert interviews, the research contends that the Korean post-developmental state should be geared towards coordinating the interplay of technologies, modes of organization and institutions. An integrative framework is developed to describe system change as a co-evolutionary process in which the national and sectoral dimensions intersect. The case shows that the shaping of an environment in which innovation systems can develop sectoral transformative capacity is a central aspect of latecomer innovation governance.
Details
- Pages
- 301
- Publication Year
- 2013
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9783653033267
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9783631643341
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-3-653-03326-7
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2014 (June)
- Keywords
- 2. national innovation system co-evolution post catch-up development
- Published
- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2013. 301 pp., 32 tables, 12 graphs
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