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Can Latin America Move Forward after a Lost Decade in Technical Change? …Looking at Opportunities for Knowledge-based Change in Times of Increasing Uncertainty

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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Title Can Latin America Move Forward after a Lost Decade in Technical Change? …Looking at Opportunities for Knowledge-based Change in Times of Increasing Uncertainty
 
Creator Heitor, Manuel
Horta, Hugo
Castañón, Rosario
Sbragia, Roberto
Jiménez, Alejandro
 
Subject technical change; innovation policy; Latin America; science policies; international cooperation; special issue
 
Description In view of the current global context, which challenges are facing science- and technology-based developments and cooperation in a way to contribute for policies that stimulate localized learning, innovation and endogenous development in Latin America?This broad question has motivated the work behind the Special Issue introduced by this paper, which considers the development of case studies in selected Latin America regions. The analysis lead us to argue that value-based networks have the potential to make both public policies and markets more effective, promoting learning trajectories for the inclusive development of regions. But they require effective public investments to keep attracting and qualifying human resources, together with long-term developments towards technical industries and export capacity for emerging markets worldwide. Our analysis argues about the unique potential for further developing Latin America through strategic international, knowledge-based ventures, exploring the emerging role the internationalization of universities and scientific institutions may play at a global level. Above all, they require the systematic observation of science and technical change in international comparison, as well as a relational infrastructure for collective action, at an international level, in a context much influenced by a dynamic of change and a necessary balance between the creation and diffusion of knowledge towards the endogenous development of all parts involved. The role of Latin America Universities and science policies based on international cooperation are considered to be particularly important in this process.
 
Publisher Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad Alberto Hurtado
 
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Date 2014-09-10
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Identifier http://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/1639
10.4067/S0718-27242014000400001
 
Source Journal of Technology Management & Innovation; Vol 9, No 4 (2014): Technical Change and Innovation Policy in Latin America: Lessons learned.; 1-19
Journal of Technology Management & Innovation; Vol 9, No 4 (2014): Technical Change and Innovation Policy in Latin America: Lessons learned.; 1-19
0718-2724
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/1639/934
 
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