Technology, Competitiveness and the State

Download or read book Technology, Competitiveness and the State written by Greg Felker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1999-05-13 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, and its companion, Industrial Technology Development in Malaysia, examine and evaluate Malaysian industrialization in terms of its experience of and prospects for industrial technology development. The focus is on role played by state-sponsored innovation in the process economic development and in the context of national development strategies. Technology, Competitiveness and the State, provides a valuable analysis of the technological development of a Newly Industrializing Country and reflects on whether existing development strategies can be maintained in the wake of the financial crises sweeping the East Asian economies.