Elsevier Asia in the Global ICT Innovation Network: Dancing with the Tigers (Chandos Asian Studies Series)

Production and innovation activities are being re-distributed across the world. The BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) are proving the major engine of global growth, being less impacted by the financial crisis than developed economies or able to recover more quickly. Asia in the Global ICT Innovation Network takes a close look at the information and communication technologies (ICTs) landscape, not only in two BRIC countries, India and China, but also in South Korea and Taiwan. The book documents the size of the ICT sector for each of the selected countries, and assesses their R&D expenditure and its place in the international innovation network. The selected countries play a major role in shifting patterns of international trade and global value chains. This title consists of three parts: ICT in emerging economies, covering China and India; The return of the dragons, covering South Korea and Taiwan; and Network knowledge and trade, covering regional networks of R&D centres, India as an S&T cooperation partner, Asian countries in the global production network, and Asia in the process of internationalisation of ICT and R&D. Key Features: provides a well-supported look at the ICT sector in Asia, an area where extant literature consists mostly in a scattering of articles in various and heterogeneous journals; focuses on innovation; speaks to a growing interest in the role of emerging countries in ICT innovation. Contents: Introduction. Part 1 IT in emerging economies: Chindia: Information and communications technology sector in India; China. Part 2 The return of the dragons: South Korea; Taiwan; Part 3 Networks of ICT technology and innovation: Internationalization of ICT R&D: a comparative analysis of Asia, the EU, Japan, the U.S., and the RoW; Asia in the global ICT R&D network; Assessing India as a technology and innovation cooperation partner; Conclusion.