This paper first develops a consistent time-series data on the exports of high technology products from essentially the developing countries. An analysis of the data shows that developing countries are increasingly becoming exporters of manufactured products as against primary products in the...

This paper first develops a consistent time-series data on the exports of high technology products from essentially the developing countries. An analysis of the data shows that developing countries are increasingly becoming exporters of manufactured products as against primary products in the...

1. Introduction -- 2. The financing of research and development -- 3. The financing and governance of new technologies -- 4. The globalization of venture capital : the cases of Taiwan and Japan -- 5. Targeting venture capital : lessons from Israel's Yozma Program -- 6. Institutional support for...