BRICS National Systems of Innovation – CASSIOLATO,J

This series of books brings together results of an extensive research programme on aspects of the national systems of innovation (NSI) in the five BRICS countries – Brazil Russia India China and South Africa. It provides a comprehensive and comparative examination of the challenges and opportunities faced by these dynamic and emerging economies. In discussing the impact of innovation with respect to economic geopolitical socio-cultural institutional and technological systems it reveals the possibilities of new development paradigms for equitable and sustainable growth. Original and detailed data together with expert analyses on wide-ranging issues make this book an invaluable resource for researchers and scholars in economics development studies and political science in addition to policymakers and development practitioners interested in the BRICS countries.