National Model of Technological Catching Up and Innovation: Comparing Patents of Taiwan and South Korea
通过分析美国专利商标局数据，发现台湾的专利多来自个人和中小企业，而韩国则集中于大型企业；电子业虽是两国专利最多的领域，但台湾专利更分散，韩国更集中，差异源于经济追赶时期的制度根源。
This paper discusses different patterns of innovation and their institutional roots in Taiwan and South Korea. By using USPTO patent data as indicators of innovation, this paper finds that while individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) still account for a significant proportion of the patents in Taiwan, the large conglomerates are the major contributors of patents in South Korea. Moreover, although electronics is the sector that has gained most of the patents in both countries, Taiwan's patents are more dispersed while those of its South Korean counterparts are more concentrated. These differences come mainly from the institutional roots in their economic catching-up era.