Publication: From Imitation to Innovation : Public Policy for Industrial Transformation
Date
2013-05
ISSN
Published
2013-05
Author(s)
Abstract
What role does public policy play in
helping countries accelerate the industrialization process?
This note aims to answer this question by applying a
framework to analyze the process of transitioning from
imitation to innovation. Based on a dynamic model of growth,
simulations suggest that learning through imitation may
enable firms to improve productivity significantly in a
first stage, and that this may eventually benefit innovation
activity as well. The model also shows how failure to switch
from imitation as the main source of productivity growth to
broad-based, homegrown innovation could lead to the
'middle-income trap' that has befallen some countries.
Citation
“Agénor, Pierre-Richard; Dinh, Hinh T.. 2013. From Imitation to Innovation : Public Policy for Industrial Transformation. Economic premise;no. 115. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17024 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”