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Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Development

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  • Mark Sanders

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Industrialization has long been seen as the answer to underdevelopment and poverty. First this led countries to follow protectionist import substitution policies but as these failed developing countries have opened up to trade and FDI and tried to follow strategies of export driven industrialization. If we consider the share of non-OECD countries in global trade in manufactures, this has been a big success. But has it?

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  • David B. Audretsch & Mark Sanders, 2009. "Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Development," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2009-50, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    Economic development; Globalization; International economic relations; International trade; Technological innovations;
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    • F01 - International Economics - - General - - - Global Outlook
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • P0 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - General

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