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1993 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

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

Authors : Alice H. Amsden, Takashi Hikino

Published in: Learning and Technological Change

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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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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Title
Borrowing Technology or Innovating: An Exploration of the Two Paths to Industrial Development
Authors
Alice H. Amsden
Takashi Hikino
Copyright Year
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Book
Learning and Technological Change

Print ISBN: 978-1-349-22857-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-349-22855-3

Copyright Year: 1993

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22855-3_13