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Borrowing Technology or Innovating: An Exploration of the Two Paths to Industrial Development

In: Learning and Technological Change

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  • Alice H. Amsden
  • Takashi Hikino

Abstract

Great Britain, and then the USA and Germany, became world industrial leaders by generating pioneering technology. They either invented new products and processes or were the first to commercialize them on a large scale. By contrast, late-industrializing countries in the twentieth century have evolved as ‘learners’, by borrowing and improving technology that had already been commercialized by experienced firms from more advanced economies.

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  • Alice H. Amsden & Takashi Hikino, 1993. "Borrowing Technology or Innovating: An Exploration of the Two Paths to Industrial Development," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Ross Thomson (ed.), Learning and Technological Change, chapter 13, pages 243-266, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-22855-3_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-22855-3_13
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    1. Patarapong Intarakumnerd, 2015. "Seven Unproductive Habits of Thailand’s Ineffective Technology and Innovation Policies : Lessons for other Developing Countries," Institutions and Economies (formerly known as International Journal of Institutions and Economies), Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, vol. 7(1), pages 80-95, April.
    2. Xudong Gao & Ping Zhang & Xielin Liu, 2007. "Competing with MNEs: developing manufacturing capabilities or innovation capabilities," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 32(1), pages 87-107, April.
    3. Perez-Aleman, Paola, 2000. "Learning, Adjustment and Economic Development: Transforming Firms, The State and Associations in Chile," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 28(1), pages 41-55, January.
    4. Pananond, Pavida, 2007. "The changing dynamics of Thai multinationals after the Asian economic crisis," Journal of International Management, Elsevier, vol. 13(3), pages 356-375, September.

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