GENERAL BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
INNOVATION / TECHNOLOGY / KNOWLEDGE / INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
The Competitiveness of Nations: Theory and Practice
THE COMPETITIVENESS OF NATIONS 1
ARE THERE LAWS OF INNOVATION?
Navigating the US – China Trade War and the COVID-19 Global Pandemic
by Lawrence J Lau (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) & Yanyan Xiong (Zhejiang University, China)
BOOKS
by Dong-sung Cho (The Institute for Industrial Policy Studies, South Korea & Seoul National University, South Korea) & Hwy-chang Moon (The Institute for Policy & Strategy on National Competitiveness, South Korea & Seoul National University, South Korea)
B e y o n d r e a l G D P, innovative capacity is an important indicator of the economic strength of a nation. By studying i n n o v a t i ve c a p a c i t y and other indicators of success in innovation across the Group-ofSeven (G7) Countries, the East Asian Newly Industrialised Economies (EANIEs) and Mainland China, this book will systematically establish a positive relationship between innovation outputs and inputs of different economies. In doing so, it seeks to answer the question — are there laws of innovation? It seeks to identify the determinants of innovation at the economy-wide level, ascertain whether these determinants are similar across different economies, and find suitable metrics for comparing relative success in innovation across different economies. It concludes that innovation, rather than being a stroke of good fortune, comes from research and development activities conducted over a long period of time, and sheds light on future trends and areas for further research.
The analy tical tools used in this book can be further utilized for other units of analysis such as industries and firms. As this book provides a series of sophisticated methodologies and specific guidelines for enhancing national competitiveness, both academics and practitioners can derive useful implications from this research. Alongside the theoretical frameworks and methodologies for national competitiveness presented in this book, timely topics are included such as the COVID-19 global pandemic and the US – China trade war. This book also includes various countryspecific real-world cases that are assessed from the perspective of both developed and developing countries. Contents: Theoretical Framework and Highlights for National Competitiveness of Nations 2021: Introduction; Literature on National Competitiveness; Highlights; Conceptual Framework; Korean Case; Factor-Level Analysis; Snapshot; Special Topics: COVID-19 and Global Value Chains; US – China Relationships; Country-Specific Analysis.
Readership: Economists, technologists, government officials, researchers, inventors, intellectual property specialists, students of innovation, and professionals interested in innovation, intellectual property, and patents.
Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of competitiveness and international business. 300pp 978-1-80061-048-4
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