The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress.

Coleman, D. C.; Mokyr, Joel; Mowery, David C.; Rosenberg, Nathan

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“…If political power indeed depends on having access to resources (Acemoglu, 2006; Collier et al, 2009), the incumbent elite may prefer to starve the innovators, even at a cost to itself, rather than allow entry, dilution of its political power, and loss of control over the regulation and taxation of the innovation (in line with the view in Solstad, 2020). The importance of this mechanism may explain the common view that the weaker the state, the more innovation (Mokyr, 1992), although our analysis shows the need for a more nuanced picture.…”

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confidence: 76%

“…Conspicuously, members of the elite may be constrained by institutions (see, e.g., Acemoglu, 2008; Khan, 2002; Khan & Sokoloff, 2001; Mokyr, 1992, 1994, 2005), pre‐existing property rights, the protection of guilds, or even customs. For example, many recent innovations are protected under the relatively extensive umbrella of contemporary intellectual property regimes.…”

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The political reception of innovations

Frieden

Silve

2022

Economics & Politics

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The political reception of innovations

Frieden

Silve

2022

Economics & Politics

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“…Specialists in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East have questioned the myths of Islamic traditionalism and marginalisation in the development of firearm technologies. Challenging Eurocentric conceptions of exceptional knowledge regimes (Greif, 2006; Landes, 1999; Mokyr, 1990), these scholars adapted Parker's model and took Europe as a reference point to emphasise the role of Asian empires in the military revolution.…”

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Migration and innovation in early modern Islamic societies. The case for firearms

Dewière

2023

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The objective of this article is to review the historiography of the relationship between migration and firearms technologies in the early modern Islamic World. By examining historiographical debates on the role of firearms in early modern Islamic societies, we will look at the place of migrants in the historical literature of firearms. During the colonial period, debates shifted from the alleged conservatism of Islamic societies regarding firearm technologies to their respective agencies in the diffusion of firearms in the early modern world. In this article, I will show that the historiography of firearm technologies in Islamdom exhibits a shift from essentialist arguments towards a history of technology transfers and the role of migrants in this process.

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“…In situations where downstream use of an emerging technology is geographically constrained, local tinkerers can advance technological frontiers through hands‐on experiments and learning‐by‐doing. Such tinkerers provide a supply of techniques and ideas to modify and improve important macroinventions, creating a feedback loop that reinforces growth of epistemic knowledge behind corresponding technologies (Mokyr, 1992, 2011).…”

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Technology adoption and innovation: The establishment of airmail and aviation innovation in the United States, 1918–1935

Sohn,

Seamans,

Sands

2023

Strategic Management Journal

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Research SummaryThis article explores how technology adoption can shape innovative activity. We study this issue within the historical context of the introduction and expansion of airmail across the United States between 1918 and 1935 using archival material and a novel dataset of early 20th century patents. A joint qualitative and quantitative investigation indicates that local individual and corporate actors applied diverse pools of knowledge and intensified their work with aviation innovations following airmail entry into their county. Moreover, we find evidence that the co‐location of aircraft manufacturing and airmail operations was associated with more corporate innovations that facilitated economies of scale and corresponded to increased technological diversification of firms' aviation patent portfolios. Ultimately, this paper deepens our understanding of the antecedents, consequences, and organizational processes that underpin innovation.Managerial SummaryThis research investigates how aviation innovation in the United States was influenced by the postal service's early 20th century introduction and expansion of airmail routes. Our results indicate that counties with an airmail route experienced increased aviation‐related patenting by individual and corporate inventors relative to similar counties that did not receive an airmail route. Moreover, we find that corporate inventors working in airmail counties that also contained aircraft manufacturers were particularly active in technological areas that enhanced aircraft economies of scale and patented in a wider range of aviation‐related domains. An implication of this work for managers and policymakers is that early access to nascent technology can be a driver of local innovation and that spillovers can benefit diverse economic actors working in close proximity.

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The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress.

Cited by 8 publications

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The political reception of innovations

The political reception of innovations

Migration and innovation in early modern Islamic societies. The case for firearms

Technology adoption and innovation: The establishment of airmail and aviation innovation in the United States, 1918–1935

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