Australian innovative activity and international technology, 1854–2016
利用澳大利亚联邦专利局的新数字数据库，研究了国内创新重点是否因自然资源出口导向而受限，发现国内创新支持了关键产业并补充了外国申请人的技术专长。
Abstract Has Australia’s focus as a producer and exporter of natural resources—often considered low technology industries—constrained the development of its innovation system? We exploit a new digital database from the Commonwealth Patent Office to investigate this question. We find that the focus of domestic innovativeness supported key industries for Australian development and complemented technological specialization by foreign patent applicants, particularly in European and American manufacturing. The results support the argument that shifts in national technological orientation is a relatively long game and that technical advantage is shaped by a nation’s stage of economic development.