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The globalisation of technology: a new taxonomy
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Much has been written on the increasingly international generation, transmission and diffusion of technologies, with the phenomenon having been given its own term—techno-globalism—and interpreted by some as displacing national systems of innovation and making redundant and futile any attempt by national governments to foster technological development domestically. This paper reconsiders the evidence by developing a new taxonomy and investigating separately: (a) the global exploitation of technology, (b) global technological collaboration and (c) the global generation of technology. We find quite distinct answers when the degree of globalisation is evaluated separately on these three definitions.
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- Authors
- Archibugi, D., & Michie, J.
- Affiliations
- National Research Council (IT)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- ORCID
- Daniele Archibugi
- Venue
- Cambridge Journal of Economics
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1995-02
- ISSN
- 0309-166X (ISSN-L)
- 1464-3545
- OpenAlex
- W2135640028
- Cited by
- 419
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 17
- FWCI
- 60.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cambridge Journal of Economics (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Globalization, Economics, and Policies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Innovation Policy and R&D
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic and Technological Innovation
- Keywords
- technology diffusion, technology generation, national innovation system, international technology transfer
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