Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/127102 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Discussion Paper No. 939
Publisher: 
Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka
Abstract: 
The diffusion of technological knowledge is key to industry growth. But not all knowledge is created equal. I use a nanoeconomic approach to examine knowledge-diffusion based growth in the Meiji-era Japanese cotton spinning industry, which enjoyed remarkable success after a decade of initial failure. By tracing sources of technological knowledge to individual engineers, I find that successful technology diffusion required the right kind of human capital embodying and transmitting knowledge, and a competitive environment that rewarded talent while weeding out incompetence.
JEL: 
O33
O14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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