This book examines in detail the features and dynamics of sectoral systems of innovation and production in developing countries. Processes of rapid growth are usually associated with specific sectors such as automobiles, electronics or software, as well as with the transformation of traditional...

Introduction -- The Motorcycle Industry: The Global Context and the Vietnamese Case -- Literature Review -- Conceptual Framework -- Methodology -- Local Suppliers' Capability Building: Attainment and Trajectory -- Learning Models in Japanese and Vietnamese-Chinese Chains up to the Early 2000s:...