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MALERBA, Franco  e  NELSON, Richard. Sistemas sectoriales, alcance y desarrollo económico. Econ: teor. práct [online]. 2009, n.spe1, pp.41-62. ISSN 2448-7481.

This paper aims to discuss factors affecting catch-up in six different sectoral systems -autos, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, software, semiconductor, agro-food- in several different countries: China, India, Brazil, Korea, Taiwan and others. The research presented here is part of a larger program of studies concerned with the examination of various aspects of the phenomenon of catch-up in economic development, from the role of domestic capabilities of firms, to the differences existing across sectors, to the measurement of catch-up, to the effects of IPR , and so on.

Palavras-chave : Catching up; autos; telecommunications; pharmaceuticals; software; semicondutors; agro-food.