No escape from the dominant theories: The analysis of intellectual pillars of technology management in developing countries

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2011-01-01

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BEYHAN BOZKIRLIOĞLU, BERNA
ÇETİNDAMAR KOZANOĞLU, DİLEK

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This paper aims to identify the intellectual bases of the technology management (TM) literature generated in developing countries using citation and co-citation analyses and answer the question of whether the intellectual bases of the TM literature created by authors in developing countries diverge from those of the global TM literature. Based on a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of ten technology-innovation management (TIM) specialty journals through the period of 1998-2007, this study produces three important findings. First, the TM literature generated in developing countries is dominated by the knowledge and theories created in developed countries. Second, among these knowledge sources some authors from developing countries and focusing on the specialties of developing countries, such as Kim and Lall, come into prominence; however these authors are not even mentioned in the previous bibliometric studies covering overall TM research. Finally the researchers in developing countries tackle with the issues or topics specific to their own context through combining three major bulks of literature. These are (i) resource-based view (RBV)/core competencies and organizational learning related research; (ii) literature dealing with the evolutionary theorizing on economic change and growth and (iii) literature related to technological capabilities, technology transfer and industrialization in developing countries.

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Management of Technology and Innovation, Applied Psychology, Business and International Management

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/64554

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TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2010.10.001

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Department of Architecture, Article

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B. BEYHAN BOZKIRLIOĞLU and D. ÇETİNDAMAR KOZANOĞLU, “No escape from the dominant theories: The analysis of intellectual pillars of technology management in developing countries,” TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE, pp. 103–115, 2011, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/64554.