This paper examines the experiences of selected industries in Korea to identify the stylized facts in the process of technological capability building and thereby to sort out, if possible, the conditions for the catch-up to occur. We have built a model of technological and market catch-up....

The paper explores the complex relationship among innovation, technological regimes and selection of the firms of different organizational forms in the evolution of an industry. For this purpose, this paper develops a 'history-friendly' model for the dynamic random access memory industry that...

This article examines the relationship between the technological regime and the technological catch-up, using US patent data. This study first extends the notion of technological regimes as more appropriate for the catching-up context before it goes on to develop the quantitative expressions of...

A sustainable pathway for Africa in the twenty-first century is laid out in the setting of the development of innovation capabilities and the capture of latecomer advantages. Africa has missed out on these possibilities in the twentieth century while seei