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Latecomer strategies for catching-up: the cases of renewable energies and the LED programme

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  • John A. Mathews

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Traditional industrial development pathways, that did not take into explicit consideration the issue of energy technologies to be utilised, now imperil development prospects around the world. Energy security, global climate change and the tasks of industrial development now combine to create a setting where initiatives such as global action on biofuels assume new significance. This paper argues that in order for biofuels to be taken up seriously by developing countries, they need to view the development process through the prism of 'technological learning' and the institutions of technology leverage – technological adoption, adaptation and diffusion – that are required. The strategy of identifying and seizing latecomer advantages is essential for such an enterprise to succeed. The specific case of Light Emitting Diode (LED)–based lighting initiatives being promoted in villages in Africa illustrates the issues involved.

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  • John A. Mathews, 2007. "Latecomer strategies for catching-up: the cases of renewable energies and the LED programme," International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(1), pages 34-42.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijtlid:v:1:y:2007:i:1:p:34-42
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    1. Frans Berkhout & Anna J. Wieczorek & Rob Raven, 2011. "Avoiding Environmental Convergence: A Possible Role for Sustainability Experiments in Latecomer Countries?," Institutions and Economies (formerly known as International Journal of Institutions and Economies), Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, vol. 3(2), pages 367-385, July.
    2. Xiaoli Li & Hongqi Wang, 2021. "An Exploratory Study of How Latecomers Transform Strategic Path in Catch-Up Cycle," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-25, April.
    3. Harry Jeong & Kwangsoo Shin, 2020. "Exploring Factors Affecting Sustainable Innovation Performance of Food Firms. A Case of Korean Food Industry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(23), pages 1-16, December.
    4. David MacLaughlin & Steffanie Scott, 2010. "Overcoming latecomer disadvantage through learning processes: Taiwan’s venture into wind power development," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 12(3), pages 389-406, June.
    5. Joseph Hanlon & Marcelo Mosse, 2010. "Mozambique's Elite - Finding its Way in a Globalized World and Returning to Old Development Models," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2010-105, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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