Catch-up cycles and changes in industrial leadership:Windows of opportunity and responses of firms and countries in the evolution of sectoral systems

Research Policy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 338-351

  Lee, Keun ^a   Malerba, Franco ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catch up; Industrial leadership; Leapfrogging strategies; Sectoral systems; Windows of opportunity

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION;

CATCH-UP; INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP; LATECOMER FIRMS; LEAPFROGGING STRATEGIES; NOCV1; ONE DIMENSION; SYSTEM FRAMEWORK;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 84994442681     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2016.09.006     Document Type: Article

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