answer this question by applying a framework to analyze the process of transitioning from imitation to innovation. Based on a … dynamic model of growth, simulations suggest that learning through imitation may enable firms to improve productivity … to switch from imitation as the main source of productivity growth to broad-based, homegrown innovation could lead to the …

A simple model of technological imitation and innovation is developed to explain club convergence in the evolution of … includes only innovation-imitation tradeoff, and the second one takes into account traditional investment decisions as well. It … versions, there are three types of stable steady-state regimes, with only imitation, only innovation or a mixed policy. Using …

imitation in the South (India and Bangladesh), and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) all will be treated as endogenous. We feel …

We examine the role of latecomers’ optimal resource allocation between innovation and imitation in latecomers’ catch … leadership change. The results suggest that one-sided dependency upon either imitation or innovation deters technological … leadership change. At an early stage with low-level technologies, latecomers should focus on imitation; then, as the …