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2005

The Economics of the Digital Society
Luc Soete and Bas ter Weel (eds.)
Published by Edward Elgar, November 2005

Regulating Bioprospecting: Institutions for Drug Research, Access and Benefit-Sharing
Padmashree Gehl Sampath
Published by United Nations University Press, August 2005.
ISBN 92-808-1112-6, 340pages
Book launch and panel presentation: 19 April 2005, UN Headquarters, New York
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Related UNU Policy Brief (PDF 397 KB)

2004
Foreign Firms, Technological Capabilities and Economic Performance : Evidence from Africa, Asia and Latin America
Rajah Rasiah
Published by Edward Elgar, November 2004
ISBN 1-84376-986-7, 240 pages

Innovation, Learning and Technological Dynamism of Developing Countries
Edited by Sunil Mani and Henny Romijn
Published by United Nations University Press, June 2004
ISBN 92-808-1097-9, 300 pages

Financial Systems, Corporate Investment in Innovation, and Venture Capital
Edited by Anthony Bartzokas and Sunil Mani
Published by Edward Elgar, May 2004
ISBN 1-84376-392-3, 296 pages

Small States in Transition: From Vulnerability to Competitiveness
Ganeshan Wignaraja, Marlon Lezama and David Joiner
Published by Commonwealth Secretariat, London
ISBN 0-85092-802-8, 98 pages

2003
AfricaDotEdu: IT Opportunities and Higher Education in Africa
Edited by Maria A Beebe, Kouakou Koffi Magloire, Banji Oyeyinka and Madanmohan Rao.
Published by Tata McGraw-Hill, 2003
ISBN 0-07-050720-1, 539 pages

2002
Globalization and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment (PDF 148 Kb)
Nagesh Kumar
Published by Oxford University Press 2002
ISBN 0-19-565859-0, 273 pages

Environmental Regulation in the New Global Economy: The Impact on Industry and Competitiveness (PDF 10 Kb)
Rhys Jenkins, Jonathan Barton, Anthony Bartzokas, Jan Hesselberg, Professor and Hege Merete Knutsen
Published by Edward Elgar, July 2002
ISBN 1 84064 5407, 360 pages

Government, Innovation and Technology Policy: An International Comparative Analysis (PDF 66Kb)
Sunil Mani
Published by Edward Elgar, October 2002
ISBN 1-84064-970-4, 400 pages
This book is a valuable and significant contribution to the field of innovation policies and is well put together and written. It provides a novel framework for understanding the efforts made by governments to promote innovation and technological change within a global environment.’
– David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, US

Technological Revolutions And Financial Capital : The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages
Carlota Perez
Published by Edward Elgar, 2002
ISBN 1-84064-922-4, 224 pages

Competitiveness Strategy in Developing Countries: A Manual for Policy Analysis (PDF 224 Kb)
Ganeshan Wignaraja
Published by Routledge, December 2002
ISBN 0-415-22836-0, 336 pages

2001
The Political Economy of Competitiveness in an Enlarged Europe
Julie Pellegrin
Published by Palgrave, 2001
ISBN 0-333-77572-4, 216 pages

1999
Europe and the Developing World in the Globalised Information Economy: Employment and Distance Education
Edited by Swasti Mitter and Maria-Inês Bastos
Published by Routledge and the UNU Press, 1999
ISBN 0-415-19704-X, 256 pages

China’s Industrial Technology: Market Reform and Organizational Change
Edited by Shulin Gu
Published by Routledge and the UNU Press, 1999
ISBN 0-415-19741-4, 424 pages.

1998
Trade Liberalization in Sri Lanka: Exports, Technology and Industrial Policy
Ganeshan Wignaraja
Published by Macmillan Press (London) and St. Martins Press (New York)
ISBN:0333649567, 312 pages.

Globalisation, Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfers: Impacts on and Prospects for Developing Countries
Nagesh Kumar in collaboration with John H. Dunning, Robert E. Lipsey, and Shujiro Urata
Published by Routledge and the UNU Press, 1998
ISBN 0-415-19111-4, 256 pages

Flexible Automation, Scale and Scope and Developing Countries
Ludovico Alcorta
Published by Routledge and the UNU Press, 1998
ISBN 0-415-19153-X, 486 pages

1995
Technology, Market Structure and Internationalization: Issues and Policies for Developing Countries
Nagesh Kumar and N.S. Siddharthan
Published by Routledge and the UNU Press, 1997
ISBN 0-415-16925-9, 165 pages

Hacia un Nuevo Modelo de Organizacion Industrial (Towards A New Industrial Organisation Model: The Argentinean Manufacturing Sector In The 90's)
Roberto Bisang, Gustavo Burachik and Jorge Katz
Published in Spanish by Alianza Editorial and CEPAL-United Nations University Press, 1995
ISBN 950-40-0141-6, 318 pages

Política Industrial y Dessarrollo Tecnológico: Lecciones para el Caso Colobiano (Industrial Policy and Technological Development: Lessons for Colombia)
Ludovico Alcorta et al.
Published in Spanish by Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 1995
ISBN 958-9176-84-4, 327 pages

In Pursuit of Science and Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa
John Enos
Published by Routledge and the UNU Press, 1995
ISBN 0-415-12689-4, 286 pages

Women Encounter Technology
Edited by Swasti Mitter and Sheila Rowbotham
Published by Routledge and the UNU Press, 1995
ISBN 0-415-12687-8, 356 pages

Exporting Africa
Edited by Samuel Wangwe
Published by Routledge and the UNU Press, 1995
ISBN 0-415-12691-6, 436 pages

Politics of Technology in Latin America
Edited by Maria-Inês Bastos and Charles Cooper
Published by Routledge and the UNU Press, 1995
ISBN 0-415-12690-8, 258 pages

Missing Links: Gender Equity in Science and Technology for Development
Gender Working Group, United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Published by Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd, London, 1995 ISBN 0-88936-765-5 (IDRC) / 0-85339-8 (IT Publications), 371 pages

Women in Trade Unions: Organizing the Unorganized
Edited by Margaret Hosmer Martens and Swasti Mitter
International Labour Organization, Geneva, 1994
ISBN 92-2-108759-X, 205 pages

Easternisation: The Spread of Japanese Management Techniques to Developing Countries
Raphael Kaplinsky, and Anne Posthuma
Published by Frank Cass and the UNU Press, 1995
ISBN 0-7146-4611-3 (cloth) / 0-7146-4135-9 (paperback), 321 pages

1994
Dignity and Daily Bread: New Forms of Economic Organising among Poor Women in the Third World and the First
Sheila Rowbotham and Swasti Mitter. Published by Routledge, London, 1994
ISBN 0-415-09586-9 (cloth) / 0-415-09586-7 (paperback), 233 pages

Multinational Enterprises and Industrial Organisation: The Case of India
Nagesh Kumar
Published by Sage Publications, New Delhi/Thousand Oaks/London, 1994
ISBN 0-8039-9183-5, 203 pages

Technology and Innovation in the International Economy
Charles Cooper, Martin Fransman and Jeffrey James
Published by Edward Elgar and the UNU Press, 1994
ISBN 1-85898-027-5, 239 pages

Winning the Battle to Lose the War: Brazilian Electronics Policy under U.S. Threat of Sanctions
Maria-Inês Bastos
Published jointly by Frank Cass, London, and the UNU Press, Tokyo, 1994
ISBN 0-7146-4111-1, 198 pages.