Globalization and technological capabilities: Evidence from Mexico's patent records ca. 1870-1911
Using a new database of all patents issues in Mexico between 1870 and 1911, this paper explores the impact of the vast wave of technology imports into Mexico during the nineteenth century period of globalization. Historians have established that massive technology imports made possible sustained eco...
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ftzbwkiel:oai:econstor.eu:10419/146733 2024-01-28T10:07:40+01:00 Globalization and technological capabilities: Evidence from Mexico's patent records ca. 1870-1911 Beatty, Edward 2015 http://hdl.handle.net/10419/146733 eng eng Santiago de Chile: Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía gbv-ppn:841331979 Journal: Estudios de Economía ISSN: 0718-5286 Volume: 42 Year: 2015 Issue: 2 Pages: 45-65 Santiago de Chile: Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía http://hdl.handle.net/10419/146733 http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen ddc:330 F69 N76 O14 O34 technology capabilities patents doc-type:article 2015 ftzbwkiel 2024-01-01T00:45:01Z Using a new database of all patents issues in Mexico between 1870 and 1911, this paper explores the impact of the vast wave of technology imports into Mexico during the nineteenth century period of globalization. Historians have established that massive technology imports made possible sustained economic growth and early industrialization during this period, but have not systematically explored the degree to which the skills and know-how embodied in new imported technologies stimulated adaptive and inventive activity in Mexico. Did imported technologies stimulate local technological creativity, or were Mexican technicians largely isolated from the adoption and use of imported techniques? The evidence shows that imports did stimulate patenting activity by Mexicans, although this response was modest in relation to increased patenting by inventors from North Atlantic countries. In general, Mexican inventors focused on activities outside the core technical advances on the global frontier, and often on activities that were more entrepreneurial than technical, although we can observe several important exceptions. These findings support the argument that technological capabilities were scarce in Mexico and local technicians had few opportunities to engage with and learn from imported know-how. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic EconStor (German National Library of Economics, ZBW) |
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Using a new database of all patents issues in Mexico between 1870 and 1911, this paper explores the impact of the vast wave of technology imports into Mexico during the nineteenth century period of globalization. Historians have established that massive technology imports made possible sustained economic growth and early industrialization during this period, but have not systematically explored the degree to which the skills and know-how embodied in new imported technologies stimulated adaptive and inventive activity in Mexico. Did imported technologies stimulate local technological creativity, or were Mexican technicians largely isolated from the adoption and use of imported techniques? The evidence shows that imports did stimulate patenting activity by Mexicans, although this response was modest in relation to increased patenting by inventors from North Atlantic countries. In general, Mexican inventors focused on activities outside the core technical advances on the global frontier, and often on activities that were more entrepreneurial than technical, although we can observe several important exceptions. These findings support the argument that technological capabilities were scarce in Mexico and local technicians had few opportunities to engage with and learn from imported know-how. |
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Globalization and technological capabilities: Evidence from Mexico's patent records ca. 1870-1911 |
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Globalization and technological capabilities: Evidence from Mexico's patent records ca. 1870-1911 |
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Globalization and technological capabilities: Evidence from Mexico's patent records ca. 1870-1911 |
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Globalization and technological capabilities: Evidence from Mexico's patent records ca. 1870-1911 |
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globalization and technological capabilities: evidence from mexico's patent records ca. 1870-1911 |
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Santiago de Chile: Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía |
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