Does the mobility of engineers facilitate international knowledge spillovers and help newly industrializing countries catch up with developed countries? This study attempts to answer this question by tracing knowledge flows through the international mobility of semiconductor engineers. The paper...

Little attention has been devoted to the question of how late movers overcome first-mover advantage and catch up with incumbents. We examine the role in catch-up of late movers' optimal resource allocation between innovation and imitation. Building on Nelson and Winter's (1982) technology...

We examine the role of latecomers’ optimal resource allocation between innovation and imitation in latecomers’ catch-up under diverse technological regimes. Building on Nelson and Winter (1982), we develop computational models of technological leadership change. The results suggest that...

This study examines when and how latecomers can surpass incumbents in technological capabilities with a focus on the role of technological opportunity. There is disagreement in theoretical prediction and evidence on whether technological opportunity is conducive to technological leadership...