Technology and Innovation in the International Economy: 2. Biotechnology: Generation, diffusion, and policy: 2.4 Implications for the third world 7 : 2.4.3 Preconditions and constraints on third world entry and desirable patterns of specialization


Technology and Innovation in the International Economy (UNU; 1994; 239 pages)
	Contributors
	Foreword
	1. Relevance of innovation studies to developing countries
		1.1 Introduction
		1.2 Innovation and technological change
		1.3 Implications for developing countries
			1.3.1 Innovation studies and the accumulation of technological capabilities
			1.3.2 Trade and technology
		1.4 Concluding remarks
			1.4.1 The relevance of innovation studies
			1.4.2 Some general issues
		Acknowledgements
		Notes
		References
	2. Biotechnology: Generation, diffusion, and policy
		2.1 Introduction
		2.2 The generation of biotechnology: Invention and innovation
			2.2.1 The scientific base
			2.2.2 The technologies
			2.2.3 The evolution of biotechnological knowledge
			2.2.4 Appropriating the rent from biotechnological knowledge
			2.2.5 The role of government
		2.3 Economic effects of biotechnology
			2.3.1 Introduction
			2.3.2 A survey of some literature
			2.3.3 The need for a more general approach
		2.4 Implications for the third world⁷
			2.4.1 Introduction
			2.4.2 A survey of some literature
			2.4.3 Preconditions and constraints on third world entry and desirable patterns of specialization
			2.4.4 An illustrative case study: cuba's entry into new biotechnology
			2.4.5 Biotechnology and information/communication technology
		2.5 Recent additions to the literature
		2.6 Towards a general research agenda
			2.6.1 Evolution of biotechnology in industrialized countries
			2.6.2 Biotechnology policies in third world countries