By this I mean the implications of exogenous influences (knowledge spill over/ spin-off/ trickle down) originating from more advanced environments. Examples of this could be the technological implications of colonialism for the colonized, or the impact of NASA’s innovations on everyday technology (i.e. memory foam) etc, or the innovation and diffusion of gunpower and its effects.
I know NASA has a “Spinoff” publication, however I am looking for academic treatments on this phenomenon. I guess this is a form of Technology Transfer, however I think because of the leaps in technology are so large, this particular type of transfer is more akin to superimposition, where consumer / cultural preference matters very little?
I would start from the seminal contributions of Atkinson-Stiglitz, Paul David and Brian Arthur and Giovanni Dosi
Thanks for the answer I will follow that trail. I had seen Dosi referenced a few times in literature regarding the evolutionary approach to technology innovation, but thanks very much!
You could also take a look at the seminal work of Carlota Perez, for example: Perez and Soete (1988) Catching up in Technology: (...) and Perez (1983). From the field of economic geography, you could take a look at the literature on 'windows of locational opportunity' by Storper and Walker (1989) and Ron Bochma.
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