The aim of this paper is to empirically present the operation of the state in the promotion of the National System of Innovation (NSI) in developed and recently industrialized countries. In order to do so, some of its main activities in Germany, Japan, USA, Taiwan and South Korea in the early stages of the process of technical change are examined, in order to provide a summarized framework of the role of the state regarding technological development. In general, it was observed that the activity of this agent is not neutral, but is fundamentally important in achieving a higher national technological trajectory in these economies.
State; Politics; Technical change; National Systems of Innovation; Indigenous technological capacity