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Intra-industry gaps in technology and investments in technological capabilities : firm-level evidence from Chile

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Battisti, Giuliana and Pietrobelli, Carlo (2000) Intra-industry gaps in technology and investments in technological capabilities : firm-level evidence from Chile. International Review of Applied Economics, 14 (2). pp. 253-269. doi:10.1080/02692170050024778 ISSN 0269-2171.

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Abstract

This paper develops a theoretical framework to analyse intra-industry gaps in technology, and tests it with enterprise-level data from a developing country. Following neoclassical theory, the existence of inter-firm technological gaps is explained by factor market segmentation that determines different factor prices and therefore different firms' technological choices. However, intra-industry gaps in technology may also result from the nature of the process of technological development, and from the different level of investments in technological capabilities.The empirical analysis is based on a sample of 338 industrial enterprises from Chile, and shows that it is possible to define technological thresholds, characterised by significant shifts in technology, independently of factor market segmentation. The analysis focuses on five major sectors: food processing, textile and garments, woodworking, metalworking and paper. Firms with different levels of technological complexity coexist within the same industry, and differences in technology are discrete, with different clusters sharing similar characteristics within the same industry. These results also have important policy implications for industrial development, which are drawn in a final section.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title: International Review of Applied Economics
ISSN: 0269-2171
Official Date: 2000
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Volume: 14
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 253-269
DOI: 10.1080/02692170050024778
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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