Toward a dynamic capability theory of economic growth

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 1047-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Sainsbury
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Alexander Hamilton ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Windows Of Opportunity ◽  
The Uk

Abstract New theories of economic growth that are policy-relevant and connect with the histories of success and failure in economic development are urgently needed. This article compares the neoclassical (or market efficiency) school of thought with the production-capability school of thought which included Alexander Hamilton, Friedrich List, and Joseph Schumpeter. Many affirmative, industrial policy steps by governments to promote economic development have been historically recorded—including in the UK and the United States. Meanwhile the neoclassical school has ignored the role of government in helping to create competitive advantage. It has also chosen to ignore how firms are formed, how technologies are acquired, and how industries emerge. The dynamic capability theory of economic growth developed here assigns the central role in economic growth to firms but also an important role to governments. The rate at which a country’s economy grows depends critically on whether its firms can build the capabilities to generate and take advantage of “windows of opportunity” that exist for innovation and new markets, and whether over time they are able to enhance their capabilities to move into higher value-added activities.1

Discussion

1956 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-481
Author(s):  
Forest G. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic History ◽  
The United States ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Canadian Experience ◽  
Complex Development ◽  
Canadian Economic History ◽  
American Economy

Professor Fowke ably demonstrates the merit of a comparative approach to American and Canadian economic history. His penetrating analysis reveals how relevant the understanding of economic development in Canada is to the study of that in the United States. Of the two, the Canadian national period has been shorter, the essential lines of economic growth simpler, and the role of government clearer and more pronounced. Canadian experience thereby provides a fruitful comparative basis for analyzing the longer, more complex development of the American economy and the more varied, often puzzling, part taken by government.

scholarly journals PERAN PEMERINTAH DALAM MEMBANGUN EKONOMI SYARIAH DI INDONESIA

Al-Risalah ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-54
Author(s):  
Husnul Khotimah Sylvia
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
The Government ◽  
Islamic Economic ◽  
Role Of The Government ◽  
Determining Factor ◽  
Policy Aspect

The role of the Government in developing and developing Islamic economics in Indonesia has a very urgent and important role capacity, because the determining factor for the sustainability of sharia economic development is the urgency of the government's role in several aspects; (1) The policy aspect ofunderstanding the role of government according to Islam, (2) the basic aspects of Islamic economic policy, (3) the policy aspects of understanding the Islamiceconomic system, (4) the policy aspects of fulfilling the law, (5) the policy aspects of governance execution and development. If the five aspects can be fulfilled and carried out, then it is assured that Indonesia will experience overall economic growth, all levels of society will increase and there will be no imbalanced economic inequality.

scholarly journals PERAN PEMERINTAH DALAM MEMBANGUN EKONOMI SYARIAH DI INDONESIA

Al-Risalah ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-52
Author(s):  
Husnul Khotimah Sylvia
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
The Government ◽  
Islamic Economic ◽  
Role Of The Government ◽  
Determining Factor ◽  
Policy Aspect

The role of the Government in developing and developing Islamic economics in Indonesia has a very urgent and important role capacity, because the determining factor for the sustainability of sharia economic development is the urgency of the government's role in several aspects; (1) The policy aspect of understanding the role of government according to Islam, (2) the basic aspects of Islamic economic policy, (3) the policy aspects of understanding the Islamic economic system, (4) the policy aspects of fulfilling the law, (5) the policy aspects of governance execution and development. If the five aspects can be fulfilled and carried out, then it is assured that Indonesia will experience overall economic growth, all levels of society will increase and there will be no imbalanced economic inequality.

Government`s Role in Korea`s Economic Development from a Perspective of the Institutions Hypothesis

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-128
Author(s):  
Park Sang In
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Coordination Failure ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Development Experience ◽  
The 1960S

This paper divides economic institutions into three categories-coordination institutions, property rights institutions, and contracting institutions-and from this perspective, analyzes the role of government in Korea`s economic development from the 1960s to the 1980s. This analysis suggests that the Korean development experience is not in line with the conclusions of Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2001), since property rights institutions did not play a significant role in Korea`s economic development. Instead, the Korean government acted as coordination institutions, which effectively overcame the coordination failure of the market and succeeded in generating effective demand to spur sustainable growth. These results invite further comparative and empirical studies on how Korea came to have a dictator whose goal was consistent with the economic growth of the nation.

scholarly journals Value-added tax and economic efficiency: Role of country governance

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sok-Gee Chan ◽  
Zulkufly Ramly ◽  
Mustapha Zulkhairi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Corporate Tax ◽  
Institutional Factor ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderating Role

This paper examines the impact of VAT on economic efficiency, which while regarded as distortionary remains inevitable for economic development. Using data from 115 countries from 1984 to 2014, this research further investigates the moderating role of country governance on the link between VAT and economic efficiency. The results suggest that the extent to which country governance mitigates the effect of VAT on economic efficiency is contingent upon the way the country groups prioritize the development of each institutional factor. We find that high corporate tax countries benefit more from higher quality country governance. These findings confirm the role of country governance in better enforcement of tax policy to create less detrimental effects for economic growth. Therefore, better country governance makes taxation more affordable in high corporate tax countries.

scholarly journals The role of diversity and tolerance in economic development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Witold Kwasnicki
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Evolutionary Process ◽  
Evolutionary Model ◽  
Industry Development ◽  
Radical Innovations ◽  
Long Run

AbstractThis paper presents an evolutionary model of industry development, and uses simulations to investigation the role of diversity and heterogeneity in firms’ behaviour, and hence industrial development. The simulations suggest that economic growth is increased with greater variety, in the sense of the evolutionary process approaching the equilibrium faster and also, in the long run, moving faster from one equilibrium to a new, more advanced, equilibrium. This occurs due to higher variety caused by a more tolerant environment, and due to the higher probability of emergence of radical innovations.

The Role of Entrepreneurial Performance in Supporting Economic Development of Countries: An Empirical Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Diana Rusu ◽  
Angela Roman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Entrepreneurial Performance ◽  
Panel Data Estimation ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
National Competitiveness ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Future Economic Development

Abstract Entrepreneurship is recognized as one of the factors stimulating economic growth and increasing economic competitiveness. In addition, the Europe 2020 Strategy has focused its attention on entrepreneurship as a key factor of economic growth, social progress, and employment. In this context, our study examines the role of entrepreneurial performance for sustaining the development of countries, focusing on a sample of European countries. We attempt to reveal if increasing entrepreneurial performance would have significant influence on improving the economic position of countries and their future economic development. Starting from the OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme we use a set of entrepreneurial performance indicators as independent variables and examine to what extent they can influence competitiveness and economic growth, seen as dependent variables of the models. We focus on a period of 10 years (2008–2017) and we apply panel-data estimation techniques. Because the period considered includes the period of the last international financial crisis, we also include in our analysis a dummy variable. Our results emphasize that the changes in entrepreneurial performance play a significant role in enhancing national competitiveness and economic growth. Our findings contribute to the expansion of literature in the field by providing evidence on the correlation of indicators that measure entrepreneurial performance with national competitiveness and economic growth. Moreover, our findings point out the need of the policy makers to adopt measures and policies that help and stimulate entrepreneurs to become more performant because they can generate positive effects to the economy as a whole.

Efficiency Driven Effect of Education in China: The Perspective of Global Competitiveness and Graduate Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-43
Author(s):  
Jia Liu ◽  
Lun Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Higher Education Policies ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
Education In China

Capital, natural resources, technology and education are often considered to be the most important factors in improving the level of economic development. China is in the "efficiency-driven" stage of economic development. There are objective laws in the development of education level and economic growth, but they interact with each other. Economic growth provides the foundation and necessary conditions for the development of education. At the same time, the role of education in promoting economic growth is also very obvious. Based on the perspective of postgraduate training, this paper studies the role of education in economic efficiency-driven, through the study of theory, data collection and empirical analysis, combined with the development characteristics of China's higher education, and compares China's and US higher education policies to guide China's higher education. The development of education, and then promote the transformation of China into the "innovation-driven" stage, has certain theoretical and practical significance.

Rising or Constrained Power?

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eswaran Sridharan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
High Growth ◽  
The United States ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Economic Weight ◽  
Rising Power ◽  
Global Influence

This chapter analyses India’s prospects as a rising power by asking what kind of power India has the potential to be, given its military, economic, and institutional capacities and the economic and geostrategic constraints it faces. It argues that while sustained high growth is a necessary condition it is not a sufficient condition since economic growth does not necessarily convert smoothly into greater power. Due to such conversion problems India, like some other powers, might not be able to exercise commensurate regional, extra-regional, and global influence as might appear to follow from the revival of sustained high growth and increased economic weight. The more achievable and likely alternative is that of a coalitional or bridging power that can play the role of an effective partner in the security and other spheres to a range of powers, principally to the United States and in the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions.

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