Contagion effects of national innovative capacity: Comparing structural equivalence and cohesion models |
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Authors: | Hung-Chun HuangAuthor Vitae Hsin-Yu ShihYa-Chi Wu |
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Institution: | Department of International Business Studies, National Chi Nan University, Puli, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | The effective promotion of national innovation performance is a crucial component of national innovation policy. This study examines network contagion effects of national innovative capacity via the international diffusion of embodied and disembodied technology by two different social network models: the cohesion model, based on diffusion by direct communication, and the structural equivalence model, based on diffusion by network position similarity. This investigation then utilizes data of 42 countries during 1997 to 2002 to empirically examine their network relationship. The analytical results demonstrate that international technology diffusion influences national innovation performance through contagion effects, but that the international similarity of national innovative capacity performance is more accurately predicted by network position than by interactions with others; and this study result provides a new perspective for science and technology policy makers. |
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Keywords: | National innovative capacity Embodied form Disembodied form Contagion effect Trade flows Patent citation |
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