Catching up or Standing Still? National Innovative Productivity Among ‘Follower’ Nations, 1978-1999 Jeffrey L. Furman * and Richard Hayes ** Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia The University of Melbourne Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia Working Paper No. 08/04 ISSN 1447-2317 June 2004 Revision submitted for inclusion in Research Policy Special Issue in Honor of Keith Pavitt Version 2.0 Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia The University of Melbourne Law School Building Victoria 3010 Australia Telephone: 61 (0) 3 8344 1127 Fax: 61 (0) 3 9348 2353 Email: info@ipria.org www.ipria.org