Title: Argentina's national innovation system

Authors: Carlos M. Correa

Addresses: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Centro de Estudios Avanzados, Uriburu, 950, 1st Floor, (1114) Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract: This paper examines the Argentine ||national innovation system||. It analyses the indicators on science and technology for Argentina, and the main sources of foreign technology used in the industrialisation process. The paper also describes the institutional framework of science and technology in Argentina. Based on these elements, the technology policies and the roles played by different flows of knowledge are discussed. The paper finally indicates a number of policy issues to be taken into account in the area of science and technology, in the new macro-economic scenario of the 1990s.

Keywords: flows of knowledge; foreign direct investments; national innovation system; patents; R&D indicators; science policy; technology policy; transfer of technology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1998.002627

International Journal of Technology Management, 1998 Vol.15 No.6/7, pp.721-760

Published online: 01 Aug 2003 *

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