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Innovation, Democracy and Efficiency - Exploring the Innovation Puzzle within the European Union's Regional Development... Innovation, Democracy and Efficiency - Exploring the Innovation Puzzle within the European Union's Regional Development Policies (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Francesco Grillo, Raffaella Y. Nanetti
R3,264 Discovery Miles 32 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Endogenous growth theory has significantly impacted most of the developing and developed countries, shifting priorities of industrial policies towards innovation. In line with this trend, the European Union significantly increased its budgetary allocation for R&D. However, statistical data show a weak correlation between R&D expenditure and the acceleration of economic growth. Regional innovation policies display divergent returns according to different institutional conditions and policy choices. Grillo and Nanetti attempt to understand the reasons that lie behind differences in performance. Their results show that better performing innovation strategies require the following factors: clear choices of locally congruent smart specialization; strong capacity of public investment to stimulate additional private investment; clear distribution of responsibilities for decision-making and independence of policy implementation from political interference; and problem solving partnerships amongst innovators, universities, and governments that pre-exist the programmes. These factors point to a relationship between democracy (defined as openness of policy-making) and innovation (as technology-enabled growth) which is explored throughout this book.

Democracy and Growth in the Twenty-first Century - The Diverging Cases of China and Italy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Francesco... Democracy and Growth in the Twenty-first Century - The Diverging Cases of China and Italy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Francesco Grillo, Raffaella Y. Nanetti
R2,829 Discovery Miles 28 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Is democracy still the best political regime for countries to adapt to economic and technological pressures and increase their level of prosperity? While the West seems to have stagnated in an environment of political mistrust, increasing inequality and low growth, the rise of the East has shown that it may not be liberal democracy that is best at accommodating the social mutations that technologies have triggered. The cases of China and Italy form the research focus as two extremes in growth performance. China is the star of globalisation in the East, while Italy is the laggard of globalisation in the West and a laboratory of creeping political meltdown now shared by other major Western economies. But is this forever? Introducing the 'innovation paradox' as the main challenge to the West and the notion of 'knowledge democracy' as key to sustainable growth, this book presents a new side to the debate on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (or fifth as the authors argue). It is a vital reading for all those questioning what kind of democracy positively impacts innovation as the force whose speed and direction transforms societies and economies.

Democracy and Growth in the Twenty-first Century - The Diverging Cases of China and Italy (Paperback): Francesco Grillo,... Democracy and Growth in the Twenty-first Century - The Diverging Cases of China and Italy (Paperback)
Francesco Grillo, Raffaella Y. Nanetti
R2,773 Discovery Miles 27 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Namaste - Album da colorare anti-stress per adulti, edizione speciale per donne (Italian, Paperback): Francesco Grillo Namaste - Album da colorare anti-stress per adulti, edizione speciale per donne (Italian, Paperback)
Francesco Grillo
R199 Discovery Miles 1 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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