Cooperation Networks and Economic Development

Cuba’s High-Tech Potential

Andrés Cárdenas O´Farrill (University of Bremen, Germany)

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English

Routledge
29 August 2022

Development economics; Pharmaceutical industries

Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

For most Western audiences, Cuba is a touristic paradise stuck in time and virtually detached from world technology networks by the US embargo – anything but a hub of industrial innovation and high value-added biotechnology.

However, a closer look reveals more subtle but equally powerful stories that challenge the homogenizing assumptions of conventional economics and open up scope for more sophisticated reflections on Cuban economy and industry. From this kind of enquiry emerges the case of the internationally respected Cuban biotech industry as the most successful case of science and technology policy in the country’s economic history.

The book takes an interdisciplinary approach, exploring issues such as interdependency, purpose and history as natural constituencies of the innovation process. It also examines the dynamic and crucial role played by the state in the formation of innovative business enterprises. This book will be of interest to academic researchers in the fields of innovation and economic development.

By: Andrés Cárdenas O´Farrill (University of Bremen Germany)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032399836
ISBN 10: 103239983X
Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics
Pages: 518
Publication Date: 29 August 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface amd acknowledgements General introduction and methodological considerations Part I : Theory and conceptualization Economies as networks The state as networker National systems of innovation: State-based non-firm organizations (NFOs) as integrator Part II: Contextualisation and analysis of the case Cuban institutions and industrial policy until 1989 Cuban industrial policy from 1989 to the present The Cuban biopharmaceutical industry: Case of developmental catch-up Conclusions Annexes

Andrés Cárdenas O´Farrill received his first economics degree at the University of Havana. He started his career as an economist by working at the Cuban Ministry for Economy, where he became interested in the world of renewable energy. He gained his second economics degree at the University of Leipzig and his PhD at the University of Bremen. He is currently a Research Associate of the Academic–Industry Research Network – theAIRnet.