Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Greg Felker, Jomo K.S. -- Technology, competitiveness and governance / Jorg Meyer-Stamer -- Technological capability development by firms from East Asian NIEs: possible lessons for Malaysia / Wong Poh Kam -- Complexity and hierarc hy in the East Asian division of labour: Japanese technological superiority and ASEAN industrial development / Kit G. Machado -- Malaysia's innovation system: actors, interests and governance / Greg Felker -- Technology policy and competitiveness in Malaysia / Sanjaya Lall -- Malaysia's national innovation system / Rajah Rasiah -- Improving Malaysian industrial technology policies and institutions / Masayuki Kondo -- Managing research utilisation in Malaysia / K. Thiruchelvam -- Skilled and unskilled foreign labour in Malaysian development - a strategic shift? / Chris Edwards.