Variety of national innovation systems (NIS) and alternative pathways to growth beyond the middle-income stage

Balanced, imbalanced, catching-up, and trapped NIS

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11915499
AutoresKeun Lee (0000-0002-0403-6348, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, autor correspondente), Jongho Lee (0000-0003-0398-4220), Jong-Ho Lee (0000-0002-5234-5321, Seoul National University), Juneyoung Lee (0000-0001-8073-9304, Seoul National University)
Ano2021
Volume144
Páginas105472-105472
Data de publicação2021-04-22
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWorld Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0305-750X • E-ISSN: 1873-5991
EditoraElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105472
OpenAlexW3157347447
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas51

This study uses the US patent data of 32 to 35 economies to measure, classify, and analyze the evolution and performance of their respective national innovation systems (NIS) or technology clubs, with a focus on those economies that sustained growth beyond the middle-income stage. The NIS is measured in terms of five variables, namely, knowledge localization, technological diversification, cycle time of technologies, originality, and decentralization. The cluster analysis identifies five major NIS clusters that are either balanced or imbalanced in terms of the relative values of the five NIS variables. Growth equation regressions confirm two pathways to achieve catching-up toward the high-income status. The one pathway has been identified for Ireland, Spain, Hong Kong, and Singapore, which all belong to the balanced and mixed NIS cluster and are joined recently by India and Russia, thus achieving “balanced catching-up”. The other pathway has been identified for Korea and Taiwan, which created imbalanced and catching-up clusters, and is recently joined by China. In contrast to these two groups, we have also identified the trapped NIS consisting of those economies perceived to be stuck in the middle-income trap, such as Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, South Africa, Malaysia, and Thailand. The imbalanced and catching-up NIS is characterized by short cycle time of technologies, low originality, high localization, and high diversification compared with the trapped NIS with the exactly opposite attributes. By contrast, the balanced and catching-up group is characterized by all of these NIS variables that are balanced at intermediate values

Business · China · Cluster (spacecraft · Decentralization · Development economics · Diversification (marketing strategy · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Market economy · Middle income trap · National innovation system · Originality · Political science · Computer Science · Economic Growth and Productivity · Firm Innovation and Growth · Innovation Policy and RD