The evolution of technological trajectories 1890–1990

Andersen, Birgitte

doi:10.1016/s0954-349x(97)00036-2

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“…There is therefore the danger that some of them can get into a technological underdevelopment trap -as predicted in Myrdal's (1957) cumulative causation -in which the conditions of the past would hamper their strategies. This has become a well-established fact for developed economies (see, among others, Patel and Pavitt, 1994;Cantwell, 1991;Vertova, 1998, Andersen, 1998, but which appears to be even more relevant for developing countries.…”

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confidence: 96%

The technology clubs: The distribution of knowledge across nations

2008

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The convergence clubs literature in applied growth theory suggests that countries that differ in terms of structural characteristics and initial conditions tend to experience diverging growth performances. What is the role of technological knowledge for the formation of clubs? The paper investigates this unexplored question by carrying out an empirical study of the cross-country distribution of knowledge in a large sample of developed and developing economies in the 1990s. The results indicate the existence of three technology clubs characterized by markedly different levels of development.The clubs also differ with respect to the dynamics of their capabilities over the decade, as the most advanced group and the intermediate one are found to be much more dynamic than the large cluster of less developed economies.JEL classification: O11; O33; O47; P51

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Section: Conclusion and Policy Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 96%

The technology clubs: The distribution of knowledge across nations

2008

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“…Andersen (1999Andersen ( , 1998. I analyze a unique dataset by using an "entry stock" Poisson quasi-maximum likelihood estimator.…”

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“…Another approach has used patent data to analyze technological opportunities and their development. Andersen (1999Andersen ( , 1998 defines technological opportunities as the growth of the stock of patents in different technology groups. The analysis of technology dynamics reveals opportunity differences across technologies and their changing sources over time.…”

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“…Early studies of the importance of technological opportunities relied mostly on industry dummies or survey-based indicators of the importance of different knowledge sources. In contrast to these contributions, I will use a quantitative proxy for technological opportunities, following an idea proposed by Andersen (1999Andersen ( , 1998, and operationalize technological opportunities by the growth rate of the knowledge stock in a given field of research.…”

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Determinants of pharmaceutical innovation: the role of technological opportunities revisited

Rake

2017

J Evol Econ

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Andersen (1999Andersen ( , 1998. I analyze a unique dataset by using an "entry stock" Poisson quasi-maximum likelihood estimator. The results reveal a rather robust and significantly positive response of the number of new pharmaceuticals, i.e., new molecular entities or new drug approvals, to market size and technological opportunities. Terms of use: Documents in

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“…In the late '70s and early '80s, evolutionary economists introduced the notion of technological trajectories, namely directions of technical development that are cumulative and self-generating without repeated reference to the economic environment external to the firm (Nelson & Winter, 1977, Dosi, 1982, Freeman et at, 1982. They argued that changing technological opportunities along trajectories, governed by paradigms, is a central regulating variable in the economy and the society (Andersen, 1998).…”

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confidence: 99%