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A technological innovation system approach to analysis knowledge spillover, the case of rotary-wing technology in Iran

Tahereh Miremadi (Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran)
Mahdi Baharloo (Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran)

Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management

ISSN: 2053-4620

Article publication date: 24 July 2020

Issue publication date: 26 November 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to contribute to the debate of knowledge spillover by presenting a new application for the approach of the technological innovation system (TIS).

Design/methodology/approach

Based on the evolutionary economics of the TIS approach, a new framework for knowledge spillover is built and applied to a case. To collect data in studying the case, a mix of quantitative–qualitative methods are used.

Findings

TIS approach can help build a framework to analyze knowledge spillover from defense to the civil sector. This framework shows the direct relationship between the functional dynamics of the system and the spillover mechanism..

Research limitations/implications

Sharing the same weakness as TIS, the suggested framework does not pay attention to the contextual factors.

Practical implications

This framework is an analytical tool. It could be used for educational and research purposes, but it has limited power to devise policy guidelines.

Social implications

This framework is an analytical tool. It could be used for educational and research purposes. But it has limited power to devise policy guidelines.

Originality/value

The paper deviates from the conventional literature of knowledge spillover which uses national level of system analysis. Based on TIS, it adds a new perspective to the literature which had suffered from a limited value of generalizability.

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Citation

Miremadi, T. and Baharloo, M. (2020), "A technological innovation system approach to analysis knowledge spillover, the case of rotary-wing technology in Iran", Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, Vol. 11 No. 4, pp. 537-561. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSTPM-09-2019-0086

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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