Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I Introduction and perspectives
- Part II Empirical analysis at three levels
- Part III Toward a theory and how to escape the trap
- 6 Toward a knowledge-based theory of economic catch-up
- 7 How to build up technological capabilities to enter short-cycle technology sectors
- 8 Catching up and leapfrogging in China and India
- Part IV Technological turning points and conclusion
- Appendix tables
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Toward a knowledge-based theory of economic catch-up
from Part III - Toward a theory and how to escape the trap
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I Introduction and perspectives
- Part II Empirical analysis at three levels
- Part III Toward a theory and how to escape the trap
- 6 Toward a knowledge-based theory of economic catch-up
- 7 How to build up technological capabilities to enter short-cycle technology sectors
- 8 Catching up and leapfrogging in China and India
- Part IV Technological turning points and conclusion
- Appendix tables
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Introduction
This chapter synthesizes the findings on catching up at the firm, sector, and country levels, with a view to presenting a comprehensive, knowledge-based theory of catching-up growth that takes a neo-Schumpeterian perspective. We have defined a number of key variables that capture different aspects of innovation systems adopted in catching-up efforts, and have measured these at the firm, sector, and country levels. We have also found that catching-up can be analyzed and explained well using these variables across those levels, and that there is a level of consistency in the three levels. One of the main contributions of this study is the examination of the most important details of innovation systems adopted in each country and firm, and the determination of which aspects of technology are significant or insignificant at the firm, sector, and national levels.
This chapter is organized as follows. First, we provide a summary of the findings of each chapter at the firm, sector, and country levels in section 6.2. Then, we synthesize these findings to suggest a theory of knowledge-based catching up in sections 6.3 and 6.4. Section 6.5 discusses the policy implications of the theoretical arguments in the preceding sections.
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- Schumpeterian Analysis of Economic Catch-upKnowledge, Path-Creation, and the Middle-Income Trap, pp. 127 - 152Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013