Knowledge diffusion and industry growth: : the case of Japan’s early cotton spinning industry

• Autores: Serguey Braguinsky
• Localización: Industrial and Corporate Change, ISSN-e 1464-3650, Vol. 24, Nº. 4, 2015, págs. 769-790
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The diffusion of technological knowledge is key to industry growth. But not all knowledge is created equal. I use a nanoeconomic approach to examine knowledge diffusion-based growth in the Meiji-era Japanese cotton spinning industry, which enjoyed remarkable success after a decade of initial failure. By tracing sources of technological knowledge to individual engineers, I find that successful technology diffusion required the right kind of human capital embodying and transmitting knowledge, and a competitive environment that rewarded talent while weeding out incompetence