Bridging the Digital Divide:Innovation Systems for ICT in Brazil, China, India, Thailand and Southern Africa

The book has been endorsed by three leading thinkers in the area of national innovation systems: Christopher Freeman, Emeritus Professor and Founding Director of the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; Richard R. Nelson, George Blumenthal Professor (Emeritus) of International and Public Affairs, Business, and Law, Columbia University, New York, USA; Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Professor of Economics, IKE, Aalborg University, Denmark. The book was launched by Professor Richard R. Nelson during The Third Globelics (Africa) Conference on Innovation Systems and Promoting Economic Growth, Social Cohesion & Good Governance, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa, 31st October – 4th November, 2005