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No Escape from the Dominant Theories: The Analysis of Intellectual Pillars of Technology Management in Developing Countries

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This chapter aims to identify the intellectual bases of the technology management (TM) literature generated in developing countries using citation and co-citation analyses and answers 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 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 focus 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 (1) resource-based view (RBV)/core competencies and organizational learning-related research; (2) literature dealing with the evolutionary theorizing on economic change and growth, and (3) literature related to technological capabilities, technology transfer, and industrialization in developing countries.

Reprinted from Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 78 (1), B. Beyhan and D. Cetindamar, No escape from the dominant theories: the analysis of intellectual pillars of technology management in developing countries, 103–115, (2011), with permission from Elsevier.

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  1. Science and Technology Policy Studies Research Center, Middle East Technical University, Inonu Bulvari, 06531, Ankara, Turkey

    Berna Beyhan

  2. Faculty of Management, Sabanci University, Tuzla, 34956, Istanbul, Turkey

    Dilek Cetindamar

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  1. , School of Management, Sabanci University, Üniversite Cad. 27, Istanbul, 34956, Turkey

    Dilek Cetindamar

  2. , Engineering and Technology Management, Portland State University, SW Fourth, Portland, 97201, USA

    Tugrul Daim

  3. , Science, Technology and Policy Center, METU Üniversiteler, Mah. Dumlupınar Blv, MM Building 1, Çankaya, 06800, Turkey

    Berna Beyhan

  4. , Management Information Systems, Boğaziçi University, Hisar Campus, Bebek, Istanbul, 34342, Turkey

    Nuri Basoglu

Appendices

Appendix A

The initial query used in order to find out the articles published in ten TIM-specialty journals between the years 1998 and 2007.

Publication name (SO) = RESEARCH POLICY OR TECHNOVATION OR R&D MANAGEMENT OR RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY.

MANAGEMENT OR IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT OR JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY.

MANAGEMENT OR INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT OR JOURNAL OF PRODUCT INNOVATION.

MANAGEMENT OR TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE OR TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT.

Publication years (PY) = 1998–2007.

Databases = SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI.

Appendix B

(Table 2.6).

Table 2.6 Distribution of 4,349 original articles published between 1998 and 2007 by country of origin
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Beyhan, B., Cetindamar, D. (2013). No Escape from the Dominant Theories: The Analysis of Intellectual Pillars of Technology Management in Developing Countries. In: Cetindamar, D., Daim, T., Beyhan, B., Basoglu, N. (eds) Strategic Planning Decisions in the High Tech Industry. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4887-6_2

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