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Why do many countries succeed at manufacturing and growth but struggle to become true innovation leaders? Drawing on examples from Korean industry, Jeong-Dong Lee demonstrates that innovation is not about sudden breakthroughs or genius inventors, but about patiently building skills, organizations, and systems over time, offering lessons for how governments, businesses, and society can escape the "middle innovation trap".
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Jeong-Dong Lee is Professor of Technology Management, Economics, and Policy at Seoul National University. His published works address productivity growth, technological evolution, and innovation policy, and have played an important role in shaping public and policy debates in Korea. Lee is a member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology and the National Academy of Engineering of Korea and has served as Editor of Science and Public Policy. He previously served as Special Advisor to the President of the Republic of Korea on Economy and Technology.
His research bridges the theoretical foundations of innovation studies and the practical realities of innovation policy, with a focus on how nations build the capabilities required for sustained innovation leadership.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Creative Accumulation examines how nations build the capabilities required for sustained technological leadership, moving beyond simple catch-up growth. Drawing on Korea's long-term development experience, Jeong-Dong Lee introduces the concept of the "middle innovation trap", a condition in which countries achieve high levels of implementation capability yet struggle to generate original concepts, architectures, and designleadership.The book argues that original concept design is not the product of individual genius or sudden breakthroughs but the outcome of creative accumulation. Creative accumulation requires posing bold question,persistently accumulating trial-and-error experiences, and scaling up from ideas to viable outcomes. Integrating insights from innovation theory, evolutionary economics, and industrial policy, Jeong-Dong Lee shows how these processes of creative accumulation enable nations to become technology leaders.Although the book draws its evidence from the trajectory of Korean industry and technology, Korea's experience represents a compelling and instructive case of a broaderdevelopmental process. Drawing on decades of engagement with government and business, Lee shows that countries which fail to build solid implementation capability tend to fall into the middle income trap.Yet even countries that escape this may encounter the middle innovation trap if they fail to develop concept design capability, resulting in renewed stagnation. To transition out of this phase demands sustained, national-level efforts from firms, governments, and institutions. Creative Accumulation offers concrete policy prescriptions for overcoming the middle innovation trap, grounded in coordinated, mission-oriented, and long-term strategies that can guide nations at every stage ofdevelopment. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780197853368
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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Creative Accumulation examines how nations build the capabilities required for sustained technological leadership, moving beyond simple catch-up growth. Drawing on Korea's long-term development experience, Jeong-Dong Lee introduces the concept of the 'middle innovation trap', a condition in which countries achieve high levels of implementation capability yet struggle to generate original concepts, architectures, and design leadership.The book argues that original concept design is not the product of individual genius or sudden breakthroughs but the outcome of creative accumulation. Creative accumulation requires posing bold question, persistently accumulating trial-and-error experiences, and scaling up from ideas to viable outcomes. Integrating insights from innovation theory, evolutionary economics, and industrial policy, Jeong-Dong Lee shows how these processes of creative accumulation enable nations to become technology leaders.Although the book draws its evidence from the trajectory of Korean industry and technology, Korea's experience represents a compelling and instructive case of a broader developmental process. Drawing on decades of engagement with government and business, Lee shows that countries which fail to build solid implementation capability tend to fall into the middle income trap. Yet even countries that escape this may encounter the middle innovation trap if they fail to develop concept design capability, resulting in renewed stagnation. To transition out of this phase demands sustained, national-level efforts from firms, governments, and institutions. Creative Accumulation offers concrete policy prescriptions for overcoming the middle innovation trap, grounded in coordinated, mission-oriented, and long-term strategies that can guide nations at every stage of development. Seller Inventory # 9780197853368