This article surveys the recent empirical literature on total factor productivity (TFP) growth in
East Asia, and the debate about the sources of growth in the region. It is concluded that:(i) …

Several areas of economic analysis have given renewed attention during the 1980s to the
long run importance of technological learning and technical change. These issues have …

This paper introduces the idea of the latecomer firm to explore how the four dragons of East
Asia (South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore) learned to innovate in electronics …

At its second session, in May 1995, the United Nations Commission on Science and
Technology for Development (UNCSTD) chose the topic of information technology (IT) and …

chapter 2 Page 1 Radosevic, Slavo, International Technology Transfer and ‘Catch Up’ in
Economic Development, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1999. 14 2. Technology and Modes of …

In this paper we consider Southeast Asian Family Business Groups (FBGs) as a form of
business enterprise as well as existing theoretical accounts of their behaviour. To do so, we …

Complementing existing approaches on national innovation systems (NISs) and regional
innovation systems (RISs), the proposed spatial innovation systems (SISs) approach …

Technological learning within national innovation systems (NIS) stands at the core of
technological upgrading at the firm and economy level. The common understanding is that …

There is renewed optimism about the potential for leapfrogging in the rural energy sector of
East Africa. By adopting highly efficient and renewable technologies many believe the …

This paper has examined the leapfrogging thesis with the case of catch-up in digital TV by
the Korean firms. Despite the disadvantages implied by the technological regime of digital …