Public policy, governance and innovation: Entrepreneurial states in East Asian economic development

International Journal of Technology and Globalisation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-124

  Ebner, Alexander ^a  

^a GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Catch up growth; Developmental state; East Asia; Economic development; Entrepreneurial state; Governance; Innovation; National innovation system; Techno economic paradigm

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847709138     PISSN: 14765667     EISSN: 17418194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTG.2007.012363     Document Type: Article

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