Ebook: Innovation and Structural Change in Post-Socialist Countries: A Quantitative Approach

This book uses a range of S&T and structural indicators to analyse the transfonnation process, in particular the transfonnation of science, technology and industry, in the fonner communist countries. The book originates from a sense of the tremendous need for quantitative indicators for assessing trends and perfonnance in the post-socialist economies. S&T systems in the region have passed through the first phase of rapid deterioration, or as it is called by some analysts 'implosion'. After ten years of transfonnation we are witnessing a process of increasing differentiation of these countries in tenns of general patterns of growth and structural change, as well as specific lines of restructuring in their S&T systems. The question of sources of growth - or indeed of stagnation - is an increasingly urgent one, from both the policy and academic perspectives. In that context there is a pressing need for in-depth assessment of restructuring patterns in science, technology and industry in the region, as a basis for understanding how restructuring in S&T is linked to industrial restructuring, and to general economic and social transfonnation. As the contributions to this volume show, there is now a critical mass of quantitative data across the post-socialist countries which deserves to be studied more thoroughly in a comparative manner. The changes of the last ten years have produced varying patterns of adjustment which are now clearly visible in S&T and structural indicators.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
What can Quantitative Analysis of Trends in Science and Technology tell us about Patterns of Transformation and Growth in the Post-Socialist Countries?....Pages 1-24
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
A Global Perspective on Technology and Economic Performance, and the Implications for the Post-Socialist Countries....Pages 27-44
Patterns of Structural Change in Manufacturing Industry in Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 45-66
Technology and Industrial Restructuring in Central Europe....Pages 67-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Advanced Bibliometric Methods in the Analysis of Research Performance and Scientific Developments: A Contribution to Science Policy in Transition Countries....Pages 89-105
The Structure of Disciplinary Comparative Advantage in Post-Communist Countries....Pages 107-122
Bibliometric Analysis of S&T Policy in Bulgaria in the New Economic Conditions....Pages 123-134
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Transformation of R&D in the Post-Socialist Countries: Asset or Liability?....Pages 137-152
The Transformation of R&D in the Post-Socialist Countries: Patterns and Trends....Pages 153-172
R&D Behaviour of Firms in Transition Economies: An Analysis of the Key Determinants....Pages 173-184
The Transformation Role of FDI in R&D: Analysis Based on Material from a Databank....Pages 185-201
Transformation of R&D in Russia: the Role of Government Priorities....Pages 203-228
R&D in East and West Germany since Reunification....Pages 229-242
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Measuring Technological Innovation in Industry in European Union and Post-Socialist Countries....Pages 245-259
Polish Innovation Surveys: Current Status and Analysis of Results....Pages 261-289
Specificities of Innovation Activity in Russian Industry....Pages 291-305
Innovation Activities in Open and Closed Economic Environments: The Case of the Yugoslav Metal-Processing, Chemicals and Textile Industries in 1987–91 and 1992–96....Pages 307-329
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Trade, Technology and Structural Change in Post-Socialist Countries: an Introduction....Pages 333-337
Technology and Structural Change in the Trade Patterns of the Former Centrally Planned Economies....Pages 339-383
Transformation of Technology Patterns of Trade in the Post-Socialist Economies....Pages 385-407
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Knowledge Flows in the S&T System....Pages 411-417
Statistics on Information Technology in Russia....Pages 419-428
Higher Education and the Labour Market in Russia: Trends in the Transition Period....Pages 429-445
Back Matter....Pages 447-451

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
What can Quantitative Analysis of Trends in Science and Technology tell us about Patterns of Transformation and Growth in the Post-Socialist Countries?....Pages 1-24
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
A Global Perspective on Technology and Economic Performance, and the Implications for the Post-Socialist Countries....Pages 27-44
Patterns of Structural Change in Manufacturing Industry in Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 45-66
Technology and Industrial Restructuring in Central Europe....Pages 67-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Advanced Bibliometric Methods in the Analysis of Research Performance and Scientific Developments: A Contribution to Science Policy in Transition Countries....Pages 89-105
The Structure of Disciplinary Comparative Advantage in Post-Communist Countries....Pages 107-122
Bibliometric Analysis of S&T Policy in Bulgaria in the New Economic Conditions....Pages 123-134
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Transformation of R&D in the Post-Socialist Countries: Asset or Liability?....Pages 137-152
The Transformation of R&D in the Post-Socialist Countries: Patterns and Trends....Pages 153-172
R&D Behaviour of Firms in Transition Economies: An Analysis of the Key Determinants....Pages 173-184
The Transformation Role of FDI in R&D: Analysis Based on Material from a Databank....Pages 185-201
Transformation of R&D in Russia: the Role of Government Priorities....Pages 203-228
R&D in East and West Germany since Reunification....Pages 229-242
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Measuring Technological Innovation in Industry in European Union and Post-Socialist Countries....Pages 245-259
Polish Innovation Surveys: Current Status and Analysis of Results....Pages 261-289
Specificities of Innovation Activity in Russian Industry....Pages 291-305
Innovation Activities in Open and Closed Economic Environments: The Case of the Yugoslav Metal-Processing, Chemicals and Textile Industries in 1987–91 and 1992–96....Pages 307-329
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Trade, Technology and Structural Change in Post-Socialist Countries: an Introduction....Pages 333-337
Technology and Structural Change in the Trade Patterns of the Former Centrally Planned Economies....Pages 339-383
Transformation of Technology Patterns of Trade in the Post-Socialist Economies....Pages 385-407
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Knowledge Flows in the S&T System....Pages 411-417
Statistics on Information Technology in Russia....Pages 419-428
Higher Education and the Labour Market in Russia: Trends in the Transition Period....Pages 429-445
Back Matter....Pages 447-451
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