摘要： •We examine the R&D specialization—productivity growth nexus across countries.•Various measures of R&D specialization are constructed.•R&D specialization tends to promote productivity growth.•More R&D on development-oriented industry creates higher productivity growth.•R&D specialization on process innovation-oriented industries helps productivity growth. This study examines how R&D specialization within the manufacturing sector affects productivity growth, constructing various measures of R&D specialization using a concentration index and industrial classification. Based on 11 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for the period from 1981 to 2000, the results obtained based on the fixed-effect panel data model with cross-sectional dependence indicate that concentrating suitable R&D resources within a few industries tends to promote productivity growth. Moreover, this positive effect is relevant to concentrating on development-oriented industries or process innovation-oriented industries. 出版者： Elsevier B.V 出版日期： 2015-05-01 出處： Japan and the world economy, 2015-05, Vol.34-35, p.33-43 版權： 2015 Elsevier B.V. 識別號： ISSN: 0922-1425 識別號： EISSN: 1879-2006 識別號： DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2015.03.002
