Asia in the Global ICT Innovation Network

Production and innovation activities are being re-distributed across the world. The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) are proving the major engine of global growth, being less impacted by the financial crisis than developed economies or able to recover more quickly. Asia in the Global ICT Innovation Network takes a close look at the information and communication technologies (ICTs) landscape, not only in two BRICS countries, India and China, but also in South Korea and Taiwan. The book documents the size of the ICT sector for each of the selected countries, and assesses their R&D expenditure and its place in the international innovation network. The selected countries play a major role in shifting patterns of international trade and global value chains. The countries offer different historical profiles, with reforms dating back from the nineties for "Chindia and earlier policies for the "dragons, with later reforms focusing on IT. The book accounts for their specificity, and emphasises the fact that the four countries have achieved impressive results in terms of economic growth. The ICT sector was a major contributor to this growth and led a pioneering role for other sectors.This title consists of three parts: ICT in emerging economies, covering China and India; the return of the dragons, covering South Korea and Taiwan; and Network knowledge and trade, covering regional networks of R&D centres, India as an S&T cooperation partner, Asian countries in the global production network, and Asia in the process of internationalisation of ICT and R&D.- Provides a well-supported look at the ICT sector in Asia, an area where extant literature consists mostly in a scattering of articles in various and heterogeneous journals- Focuses on innovation- Speaks to a growing interest in the role of emerging countries in ICT innovation

List of figuresList of tablesList of abbreviationsGlossaryAcknowledgmentsPrefaceAbout the authorsAbout the contributorsIntroductionChindiaThe dragonsR&D expendituresFDI-led ICT R&DICT R&D offshoringOutput: patentNetworks of ICT technology and innovationNotesPart 1: IT in Emerging Economies: ChindiaChapter 1: Information and communications technology sector in IndiaChapter 2: ChinaAbstract:The size of the ICT sectorICT R&D expendituresThe major ICT playersConclusionPart 2: The Return of the DragonsChapter 3: South KoreaAbstract:IntroductionSize of ICT sectorICT R&D expenditures, patents, and globalization of ICT sectorKorean ICT sector: company-level perspectiveConclusionChapter 4: TaiwanAbstract:IntroductionThe size of the ICT sectorR&D expenditureThe Taiwanese ICT sector: company-level perspectiveConclusionsPart 3: Networks of ICT Technology and InnovationChapter 5: Internationalization of ICT R&D: a comparative analysis of Asia, the EU, Japan, the U.S., and the RoWAbstract:IntroductionAsia and the internationalization of R&DDisentangling the R&D value chainData on the input and output of ICT R&DInternationalization of ICT R&D inputInternationalization of ICT R&D output: patents-based evidenceThe case of AsiaConclusionsChapter 6: Asia in the global ICT R&D networkAbstract:IntroductionDataCharacteristics of the international R&D center networkThe determinants of international R&D linkageConclusionsAppendixChapter 7: Assessing India as a technology and innovation cooperation partnerAbstract:IntroductionA framework for assessing technology and innovation cooperation partnersData and elaboration of patent-based indicatorsAssessing India as an innovation collaboration partnerConclusionsChapter 8: ConclusionRole of public policies and public sectorsChanging global production and innovation networks: Asia on the riseImbalance and weaknesses: catching upAsian countries in the global production networkReferencesIndex