Innovation dynamism and economic growth

a nonlinear perspective

Contents: Preface 1. Nonlinear Dynamism of Innovation: Executive Summary Part I: Diffusion of Innovation and Economic Growth 2. Dynamics of Product Diffusion and Economic Development 3. Kondratiev Business Cycles and Innovation Dynamism 4. Sequence of Bubble, Crash and Depression 5. Trunk Innovations and Institutional Change ...

The fortune at the bottom of the pyramid

C. K. Prahalad argues that companies must revolutionize how they do business in developing countries if both sides of that economic equation are to prosper. Drawing on a wealth of case studies, his compelling new book offers an intriguing blueprint for how to fight poverty ...

Living standards and the wealth of nations

successes and failures in real convergence

A group of prominent international economists consider what makes for successful convergence - what policies and economic conditions help poor countries catch up to the living standards of rich countries. The question of convergence, or under what conditions the per capita income levels of developing countries ...

Economic development and environmental sustainability

new policy options

Economic growth, as we know it today, cannot persist indefinitely if it entails continuous degradation of natural resources and the environment. While in a few countries around the world, it appears that environmental degradation has been the result of rapid economic growth, in the vast ...

Economic growth with income and wealth distribution

The book deals with economic issues related to income and wealth among individuals, regions and countries. It presents a general theory with endogenous capital, knowledge and preference changes for an economic system with heterogeneous households, multiple sectors, multiple regions and multiple countries. Economic issues and ...

Regionalismo y desarrollo en Asia

procesos, modelos y tendencias

Uno de los principales rasgos del auge económico y geopolítico del continente asiático es la existencia de dinámicos procesos de integración regional. Desde la UE se promueve que éstos sean abiertos e inclusivos, en parte para no perder acceso a sus mercados. Sin embargo, es ...

Las microfinanzas, instrumento de desarrollo entre Europa e Iberoamérica

INDICE: Siglas y abreviaturas. Prólogo. Sistema financiero, microfinanzas y desarrollo: especial referencia a América Latina. Microfinanzas en los países del sur: surgimiento y características generales. Reflexiones sobre la sostenibilidad y alcance de las instituciones microfinancieras en el Perú. Marcos reguladores de las microfinanzas en Centroamérica ...

Growth theory

solow and his modern exponents

The problem of economic growth today constitutes one of the most important concerns facing policy planners from developing, as well as developed countries. This has triggered renewed interest in growth economics among theorists. This volume highlights some recent advances in growth theory, including: long run ...

Foreign direct investment and the regional economy

The 'boom' in foreign direct investment (FDI) since the mid-1980s, continues to be paramount in policy interest. This book reviews the literature on the nature of FDI and reports the recent results on the performance of FDI plants in order to show the implications for ...

The impact of FDI on economic growth

an analysis for the transition countries of central and eastern Europe

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between FDI and economic growth with special attention to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Within a new semi-endogenous growth model, the book illustrates the impact of FDI on economic growth for every stage of ...

Stability with growth

macroeconomics, liberalization and development

There is growing dissatisfaction with the economic policies advocated by the IMF and other international financial institutions - policies that have often resulted in stagnating growth, crises, and recessions for client countries. This book presents an alternative to "Washington Consensus" neo-liberal economic policies, by showing that ...

Clusters and globalisation

the development of urban and regional economies

Clustering as an economic policy concern has become increasingly fashionable. The authors of this book shed light on this subject of which there remains remarkably little understanding, and even less agreement, regarding what clusters are, what they require for success and what impacts they are ...

Deuda externa y comercio mundial

momento de establecer vínculos

En la actualidad los países en desarrollo adeudan más de tres veces la cantidad que debían hace 25 años. El pago de la deuda absorbe la mayor parte de sus recursos que, en consecuencia, no pueden emplearse en reducir la pobreza, en mejorar la salud ...

Regional economic development

analysis and planning strategy

The second edition of this book is completely reedited making the book even more valuable for graduate students, reflecting recent advances and adding insightful new material. The book is about the analysis of regional economic performance and change, and how analysis integrates with strategies for ...

Entrepreneurship and economic growth

By serving as a conduit for knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship is the missing link between investments in new knowledge and economic growth. The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship provides not just an explanation of why entrepreneurship has become more prevalent as the factor of knowledge has ...

The white man's burden

why the west's efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little Good

We are all aware of the extreme hunger and poverty that afflict the world's poor. We hear the facts, see the images on television, buy the T-shirt and are moved as individuals and governments to dig deep into our pockets. Yet what happens to ...

El fetiche del crecimiento

Durante décadas, nuestros políticos han proclamado que unos mayores ingresos eran el camino para un futuro mejor. Crecimiento económico significaba una vida mejor para todos nosotros. Pero tras muchos años de crecimiento económico sostenido, e ingresos personales cada vez mayores, debemos afrontar un hecho abrumador ...

Objetivo decrecimiento

Esta obra combate frontalmente el crecimiento sostenible, que los autores consideran una falacia, y ofrece una propuesta tan radical como razonada: sustituir el crecimiento económico por el decrecimiento. Éste se puede implementar de diversas formas, y no iría en detrimento de nuestro bienestar, sino que ...

Crecimiento económico

INDICE:Primera Parte: Visión panorámica.Capítulo 1. Los hechos. Capítulo 2. Un marco analítico.Segunda Parte: La acumulación de factores.Capítulo 3. El capital físico.Capítulo 4. La población y el crecimiento económico.Capítulo 5. Tendencias futuras de la población. Capítulo 6. El capital humano ...

Entrepreneurship and economic growth

#Why do economies grow? For centuries this has been one of the most important questions in economics. The importance of this question is found in the simple fact that the purchasing power of the average individual has increased ten fold in just one hundred years ...