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Technological catch-up by east Asian firms: Trends, issues, and future research agenda

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This paper reviews extant research on technological catch-up of East Asian firms, which has recently emerged as an important issue. We review 76 articles on technological catch-up in the East Asian context published in 17 journals over 23 years (1995–2017), covering the academic disciplines of strategic management, international business, entrepreneurship, technology and innovation management, and economics. Based on a systematic analysis of this literature, we develop an overarching framework to this topic. We then identify the major gaps in the literature and suggest areas for future research on technological catch-up of Asian firms.

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  1. Explanations of these three terms are provided in Hobday (1994).

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  1. Sungkyunkwan University, Jongno-Gu, Seoul, 110-745, South Korea

    Yuzhe Miao

  2. Graduate School of Business, Seoul National University, Shillim Dong, Seoul, 151-916, South Korea

    Jaeyong Song

  3. Department of Economics, Seoul National University, Shillim Dong, Seoul, 151-916, South Korea

    Keun Lee

  4. Graduate School of Business, Seoul National University, Shillim Dong, Seoul, 151-916, South Korea

    Chuyue Jin

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This paper is supported by the Institute of Management Research and the Center for Global Business and Research at Seoul National University.

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Miao, Y., Song, J., Lee, K. et al. Technological catch-up by east Asian firms: Trends, issues, and future research agenda. Asia Pac J Manag 35, 639–669 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-018-9566-z

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