National Model of Technological Catching Up and Innovation: Comparing Patents of Taiwan and South Korea

Jenn Hwan Wang and Ching-jung Tsai

Journal of Development Studies, 2010, vol. 46, issue 8, 1404-1423

Abstract: This paper discusses different patterns of innovation and their institutional roots in Taiwan and South Korea. By using USPTO patent data as indicators of innovation, this paper finds that while individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) still account for a significant proportion of the patents in Taiwan, the large conglomerates are the major contributors of patents in South Korea. Moreover, although electronics is the sector that has gained most of the patents in both countries, Taiwan's patents are more dispersed while those of its South Korean counterparts are more concentrated. These differences come mainly from the institutional roots in their economic catching-up era.

Date: 2010
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