Paper no. 2008/13 RIS and Developing Countries: Linking firm technological capabilities to regional systems of innovation Padilla, Ramon (Ramon.PADILLA@cepal.org ) United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Mexico Vang, Jan (jv@engsci.aau.dk ) Copenhagen Institute of Technology, Aalborg University Chaminade, Cristina (cristina.chaminade@circle.lu.se ) CIRCLE, Lund University This is a pre-print version of a chapter that will be published in [Lundvall, B- A, Joseph, KJ., Chaminade, C. and Vang, J. (Eds), Handbook of Innovation systems and developing countries. Building domestic capabilities in a global setting] http://www.e-elgar.co.uk ©: [2009] Published by Edward Elgar. All rights reserved. Citations to and quotations from this work should reference that publication. If you use this work, please check that the published form contains precisely the material to which you intend to refer. Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy (CIRCLE) Lund University P.O. Box 117, Sölvegatan 16, S-221 00 Lund, SWEDEN http://www.circle.lu.se/publications ISSN 1654-3149