The advantage of firm-level innovation modelsused in industrially-advanced countries (IACs) is that they havedelvedsubstantially into the management of innovation and decision-makingprocesses within a firm.This analysis categorizes five generations ofsuch firm-level innovation models,...

Many international organizations, governments and academics concerned with economic development look to Asia's success, recommending that other poor countries follow similar models and paths of development. This study argues that such Asian 'lesson-making' is a grave mistake in policy-thinking -...