Technology choice and diffusion in the manufacturing sector: the case of the twin-wire in the Canadian pulp and paper industry

Ofori-Amoah, Benjamin

doi:10.1016/0016-7185(93)90024-c

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“…Access to the global market has provided China not only with export destinations and foreign direct investment influx but also with opportunities to learn global advanced technology. Moreover, as the subject of technological innovation, the manufacturing industry has radiation driving effect and technology spillover effect on other industries (Ofori‐Amoah, 1993). Specifically, China has proposed ‘Made in China 2025’ to develop high‐end manufacturing industries, thereby gradually making breakthroughs in new industries, technologies, formats and business models.…”

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Comparison of leading‐industrialisation and crossing‐industrialisation economic growth patterns in the context of sustainable development: Lessons from China and India

Huang

Chen

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Sustainable Development

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Various economic growth patterns differ in sustainability. Taking China and India as examples, this study parses the connotation of leading-industrialisation and crossingindustrialisation economic growth patterns. In addition, a theoretical framework of sustainable development, including economic, social, environmental and demographic sustainability, is constructed. Furthermore, the comparative analysis and case study method are used to compare the sustainability of the two patterns. Results demonstrate that the leading-industrialisation pattern relies on abundant and skilled human resources to promote the manufacturing industry, thereby achieving rapid and highquality economic growth at the expense of the environment. Although it is superior in social sustainability, such as poverty proportion, employment rate, price stability and health condition, the pattern can lead to a gap in wealth and an imbalance in urbanisation. By contrast, we reveal that the crossing-industrialisation pattern depends on the elite talents and technological progress to promote the service industry with high economic potential, which is resource-efficient and environmentfriendly. Meanwhile, it is characterised by a small gap between the rich and the poor, relatively balanced urbanisation and future demographic dividends. However, it cannot guarantee adequate employment, public health and stable prices with serious poverty. This study enriches the multidimensional framework of sustainable development and proposes several practical implications for the sustainable development of the two economic growth patterns.

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Comparison of leading‐industrialisation and crossing‐industrialisation economic growth patterns in the context of sustainable development: Lessons from China and India

Huang

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Industrial Policy and Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Paper Making Machinery in Indonesia

Dijk

Szirmai

2006

World Development

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SUMMARYIn this paper, we analyse the diffusion and adoption of paper making machinery in the Indonesian pulp and paper industry, from 1923 till 2000. The two main questions in this paper are: (1) What patterns of technology diffusion can be discerned in the Indonesian paper manufacturing sector? (2) What role have industrial policies played in the diffusion of technology and the expansion of the paper industry? To address these questions, we develop a machine index (mach), which measures the technological distance of each paper machine to the world technological frontier through time. The documented trends in an aggregate version of the technology index reveal a pattern of rapid catch up. The paper argues that industrial policy has played an important role in the speed and nature of diffusion of paper making machinery in Indonesia. A more disaggregated analysis indicates that conglomerate owned mills adopted advanced paper machines close to the technological frontier, while independent and publicly owned mills installed more outdated equipment. Embodied technological catch up in paper making has thus been a highly polarised phenomenon, limited to only a few firms, which had the financial resources and the capabilities to install large-scale modern machinery. KeywordsAsia, Indonesia, Pulp and paper industry, Technology diffusion, Technology adoption, Industrial policy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSWe would like to express our gratitude to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Jakarta, Indonesia for hosting the first author in 2001 and to the Yale Economic Growth Center for hosting the second author in 2005 Previous versions of this paper were presented at a seminar of the Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies (ECIS) and the Schumpeter 2004 conference in Milan. We thank the participants for comments and suggestions. The usual disclaimer applies. Financial support from SOBU is also gratefully acknowledged.

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Technology choice and diffusion in the manufacturing sector: the case of the twin-wire in the Canadian pulp and paper industry

Cited by 10 publications

References 13 publications

Comparison of leading‐industrialisation and crossing‐industrialisation economic growth patterns in the context of sustainable development: Lessons from China and India

Comparison of leading‐industrialisation and crossing‐industrialisation economic growth patterns in the context of sustainable development: Lessons from China and India

Industrial Policy and Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Paper Making Machinery in Indonesia

Complex agendas for new technology adoption in the UK water industry

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