2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Technological specialization patterns and innovation systems in East Asia
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19530248
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Economic policy
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| Research Institution | The University of Kitakyushu |
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Principal Investigator |
MIYAGI kazuhiro The University of Kitakyushu, 経済学部, 教授 (50268786)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 技術特化 / イノベーション / 特許 / 東アジア |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, we statistically investigate the following questions using patent data. (1) Are the technological specialization patterns of the East Asian economies analogous, or do they differ? (2) Are the technological specialization patterns in East Asia path dependent or cumulative reflecting prior learning or technological accumulation, or alternatively, are they stuck in random patterns? (3) Does the incremental process of technological specialization cause shifts in the sectoral composition of innovation in the long term? Empirical analysis confirms that many of the East Asian economies moved from random patterns of technological specialization to patterns of specialization which are cumulative and incremental, and that this was accompanied by a decrease in the degree of technological specialization.
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