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Differential Forms Of Technological Change And Catch-Up: Evidence From China

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  • FANGRUI WANG

    (Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing PC 100084, China;
    University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TB, UK)

  • XIAOLAN FU

    (University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TB, UK)

  • JIN CHEN

    (Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing PC 100084, China)

Abstract

Based on a categorization of technological change, this paper proposes three patterns of catch-up: incremental, disruptive and revolutionary. Variations in innovation forms within the three patterns of catch-up are analyzed using Chinese firm-level survey data. The innovativeness of firms evolve following an inverted U-shape in the case of the incremental pattern of catch-up, while that evolve following a linear relationship rather than the N-shape proposed by theory for the disruptive form of catch-up. In the case of the revolutionary pattern of catch-up, the evolution of innovativeness of firms follows a steep inverted U-shape indicating more significant changes than that involved in the incremental pattern.

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  • Fangrui Wang & Xiaolan Fu & Jin Chen, 2014. "Differential Forms Of Technological Change And Catch-Up: Evidence From China," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 11(02), pages 1-25.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:11:y:2014:i:02:n:s0219877014500138
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219877014500138
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