Norris
My 2 cents:
While the many studies point to nations trying to get quickly from factor to innovation economies, I believe that there is a growing global back to nature movement - driven by the green and organic movement in the US. This opens up opportunities for factor based economies that want to remain factor based - they just need to do what they do better- like grow organic produce.
So my question is this- will be why get into the innovation rat race with other nations that much more resources? Why not just stick to basic and leverage social media to get the message out globally. As an example coffee growers in Congo, Africa or pepper growers in Kerala, India- essentially factor based states- but with some green/organic USP's and by connecting directly with Starbucs - can turbocharge their economies.
Hope it helps.
Thanks & Regards
Dr. Suresh Kumar Founder & CSO, Green Earth LLC On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 2:20 AM, Norris Krueger
<norris.krueger@gmail.com> wrote:
Can anyone help answer this question? Thanks in advance! (If the is a sustainability connection, that would be perfect.)
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Long winded question for you - you may not have an opinion/view, but somehow I think you might:
Is there a good tome on innovation and endogenous/exogenous growth theory? The topic I'm interested in is the role innovation plays in the maturation of economies from factor- to efficiency- and ultimately to service/innovation-led entities. I think this stuff goes back at least to Sokol, but I want to read something current and authoritative on themes like the non-zero-sum nature of economic activity, and the % of GDP/P over time attributable to innovation or non-land/labor/capital inputs. I read Matt Ridley's book, The Rational Optimist, and my current interest is an extension of his thesis and a desire to get better informed and more critical about the idea that innovation, specialization, and trade has been and can continue to be the engine of real, sustainable prosperity.
Any ideas? Hope you're doing well,
KJK"
Norris
"2012 will be the Year of the Entrepreneur!"Norris Krueger, Ph.D.
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