Gibson, David V.

Heitor, Manuel V.

Ibarra-Yunez, Alejandro

Learning and knowledge for the network society.

West Lafayette

2005

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PART I: BUILDING THE LEARNING ECONOMY: TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR GOVERNANCE

Introductory Note
Alejandro Ibarra-Yunez
1. Innovation Policy and Knowledge Management in the Learning Economy
Bengt-Ake Lundvall
2. Innovation Policies in the Knowledge Era: A South American Perspective
Helena Maria Martins Lastres and José Eduardo Cassiolato
3. Development Policy and the Economy: Wither the State?
Robert H. Wilson
4. Gateway Airports, Speed and the Rise of Aerotropolis
John D. Kasarda
5. Institutions and Knowledge Networks: The Chinese Experience
Leslie Young
6. Regulatory Shields and Firms? Conduct: Application to Telecommunications Companies in Chile and Mexico
Alejandro Ibarra-Yunez

PART II: NETWORKING FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: LOOKING FOR INCLUSIVENESS

Introductory Note
Manuel V. Heitor
7. Getting the Tail to Wag: Enabling Innovation in Small/Medium-sized Enterprises
John Robert Bessant
8. Productivity and Regional Density
Rui Miguel L. N. Baptista
9. From Technology Policy for Regions to Regional Technology Policy: Towards a New Policy Strategy in the EU
Michael Guth
10. Regional Innovation Policy at the Community Level: Evidence from the RITTS Programme to Promote Regional Innovation Systems
Fabienne Corvers
11. Information and Communication Technologies and Economic Development of Peripherally Located Regions: Experiences in the Netherlands
Marina van Geenhuizen
12. Network Building Between Research Institutions and Small & Medium Enterprises: Dynamics of Innovation Network Building and mplications for a Policy Option
Junmo Kim
13. Innovation Clusters in Latin America
Isabel Bortagaray and Scott Tiffin
14. Globalization and Industrial Restructuring in Mexico: The Electronics and
Automobile Industries
Cristina Casanueva Reguart
15. A Network of Knowledge-Intensive Clusters for Regional Development: The Paran W-Class Program
Carlos Quandt and Luiz M rcio Spinosa
16. The Nature of the Networks of Innovation and Technological Information Diffusion in a Region in the Initial Stages of Industrial Development
Décio Estev?o do Nascimento
17. Digital Cities and the Network Society: Towards a Knowledge-Based View of the Territory?
Manuel V. Heitor and Jose Luiz Moutinho

PART III: LANGUAGE, DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY

Introductory Note
Lawrence S. Graham
18. The Universal Network Language: An Electronic Esperanto? No, a Language for Computers
Tarcisio Della Senta and Mambillikalathil G. K. Menon
19. The Color of Voice, The Resonance of Language: Precedents of the Digital Divide
Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte
20. Foreign Language Materials for Business Portuguese: The Role of Technology in the Development of Foreign Language Curriculum
Orlando R. Kelm
21. Portuguese Language without Frontiers
Regina L. P. Dell?Isola

Index

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