This paper investigates whether there is convergence in Total Factor Productivity at the establishment level, to the technological frontier. We find evidence of convergence to the frontier, which suggests the existence of technological spillovers. The speed of catch-up does not appear to vary with the extent of foreign presence in the industry. But foreign multinationals do make up a significan...

Economic growth is best understood as a combination of high and low growth regimes. This paper deals with the sources of growth around growth regimes change. To that end the derivation of structural breaks in growth rates series is combined with nonparametric growth accounting, which allows the decomposition of productivity changes into technological progress and efficiency changes. Even medium...

Science constitutes the theoretical foundation of technological innovation. And science develops on the basis of specific philosophical thoughts and cultural gene. The differences between Chinese and western philosophies and cultures determine the differences of their sciences. Some inspirations are offered based on profound analysis of the differences and the root cause of the development of C...

This study investigates the evolutionary patterns of renewable energy technology in East Asian countries—Japan, Korea, and China—as an emerging technology where the catch-up strategy is actively taking place. To reflect the quality of technology development activities, we assess each country’s research and development (R&D) activities using patent citation analysis. The goal of this study is to...