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

Alice H. Amsden and Takashi Hikino

Chapter 13 in Learning and Technological Change, 1993, pp 243-266 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Business Group; Shop Floor; Economic History; Foreign Technology; Tariff Protection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-22855-3_13

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