Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Technology, competitiveness and governance -- 3 Technological capability development by firms from East Asian NIEs: possible lessons for Malaysia -- 4 Complexity and hierarchy in the East Asian division of labour: Japanese technological superiority and ASEAN industrial development -- 5 Malaysia's innovation system: actors, interests and governance -- 6 Technology policy and competitiveness in Malaysia -- 7 Malaysia's national innovation system -- 8 Improving Malaysian industrial technology policies and institutions -- 9 Managing research utilisation in Malaysia -- 10 Skilled and unskilled foreign labour in Malaysian development - a strategic shift? -- Index.