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Innovation and catching-up

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Jan Fagerberg (Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo)
Manuel Godinho

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The history of capitalism from the industrial revolution onwards is one of increasing differences in productivity and living conditions across different parts of the globe. According to historian David Landes, for instance, 250 years ago the difference in income per head between the richest and poorest country in the world was approximately 5:1, today this difference has increased to 400:1. However, in spite of this long run trends towards divergence in productivity and income, there are many examples of (initially) backward countries that – at different times – have managed to defy the trend by narrowing the gap in productivity and income between themselves and the frontier countries, that is, by “catching up”. How did they do it? What was the role of policy in the process? These are among the questions that we are going to discuss in this paper.

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Paper provided by Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo in its series Working Papers with number 24.

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  2. Martin Srholec, 2008. "A multilevel analysis of innovation in developing countries," Working Papers on Innovation Studies 20080812, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Michiel Van Dijk & Adam Szirmai, 2005. "Catch Up at the Micro-Level: Evidence from an Industry Case Study Using Manufacturing Census Data," DEGIT Conference Papers c010_038, DEGIT, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade. [Downloadable!]
  4. Fulvio Castellacci & Isabel Álvarez, 2006. "Innovation, Diffusion and Cumulative Causation: Changes in the Spanish Growth Regime, 1960--2001," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 20(2), pages 223-241, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Liu, Xielin, 2007. "Path-following or Leapfrogging in Catching-up: the Case of Chinese Telecommunication Equipment Industry," CIRCLE Electronic Working Paper Series 2007-01, CIRCLE (Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy), Lund University. [Downloadable!]
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