Tables and figures

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Technological capabilities in the context of export-led growth: a conceptual framework

Dieter Ernst

Lynn Mytelka

Tom Ganiatsos

I Technology and economic development: a review of earlier debates

II Key aspects of the innovation process: a focus on learning and knowledge accumulation

III Defining technological capabilities

IV Factors shaping a firm's capacity to develop and upgrade its technological capabilities

V The dynamics of technological capability formation

VI Alternative approaches to technological capability formation

2 Export success and technological capability: textiles and electronics in Taiwan Province of China

San Gee

Wen-jeng Kuo

I Introduction

II The incentive system and the development of the Taiwanese textile and electronics industries

III Factors which contribute to export performance and technological capability

IV New challenges and responses in the 1990s

V Conclusions

3 Catching up, keeping up and getting ahead: the Korean model under pressure

Lynn Mytelka

Dieter Ernst

I Introduction

II The Korean textile and apparel industry

III The Korean electronics industry

IV Conclusions

4 Technological capability building and the sustainability of export success in Thailand's textile and electronics industries

Nipon Poapongsakorn

Pawadee Tonguthai

I Introduction

II Overview of the Thai economy

III Effects of the incentive system on industrial structure and export performance

IV Building technological capabilities

V New challenges to sustained export success

VI Conclusions

5 Technological capabilities and Indonesia's manufactured exports

Thee Kian Wie

Mari Pangestu

I Introduction

II The impact of the incentive system on the textile, garment and electronics industries

III Technological capability formation and its relationship to exports over time

IV New competitive challenges and strategic options

V Conclusions

6 Technological dynamism and R&D in the export of manufactures from Viet Nam

Tran Ngoc Ca

Le Dieu Anh

I An overview of Viet Nam's development: stages of industrialization

II Impact of the incentive system on the development and export performance of two selected industries

III Patterns of building technological capabilities in the textile and garment and the electronics industries

IV New challenges to sustained export performance

7 Learning, technological capability building and sustainable export growth

Lynn Mytelka

Dieter Ernst

Tom Ganiatsos

I Reconceptualizing the technology capability building process

II The importance of foreign direct investment in technology capability building

III Policy dynamics and the promotion of exports

IV The role of technological capabilities in sustaining export success

V Technology capability building as a non-linear, interactive process

VI Domestic markets as a stimulus to technological change

Index