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Conditional factors Pushing catch-up across developed and emerging countries in the nanotechnology sector, 2000–2010

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  • Alenka Guzman
  • Flor Brown
  • Edgar Acatitla
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The aim of this article is to test national and sectorial technological and innovation capability factors, as well as social capability indicators, which could explain a possible conditional convergence across countries in nanotechnology within the context of a model of innovative technological knowledge β convergence. Based on growth convergence models, our proposal also takes into account the Schumpeterian theory, the National System Innovation –NSI– approach, and particularly the sectorial system of innovation and the technological catch-up hypothesis, as well as theoretical and empirical literature on conditional convergence. The findings allow us to confirm that new nanotechnology knowledge convergence is conditioned by a higher growth rate of technological capabilities in nanotechnology: growth from the initial level of patents granted, cumulative knowledge, and links to technological and scientific activities. Finally, as regards social capabilities, only the institutional weakness variable (corruption index) associates negatively with β convergence. As an emergent paradigm, we realize that convergence and catch-up are starting processes, which could allow less technologically developed countries to benefit from higher growth of some of the factors identified.

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  • Alenka Guzman & Flor Brown & Edgar Acatitla, 2020. "Conditional factors Pushing catch-up across developed and emerging countries in the nanotechnology sector, 2000–2010," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(7), pages 670-688, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ecinnt:v:29:y:2020:i:7:p:670-688
    DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2020.1715059
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    1. Majidpour, Mehdi & Saber, Ali & Elahi, Shaban & Shayan, Ali & Sahebkar Khorasani, Seyed Mohammad, 2021. "Technological catch-up in the biopharmaceutical sector: Evidence from Iran," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).

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