R&D activities dispersion and innovation: implications for firms in China
R&D activities dispersion and innovation: implications for firms in China
Ying Ying(Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics); Yang Liu(South China University of Technology); Cong Cheng(Zhejiang University of Technology)
24권 3호, 361~377쪽
초록
Despite the increasing attention paid to the dispersion of research and development (R&D)activities, scholars have presented opposing arguments with respect to its effects oninnovation output to date. To address this controversy, we conceptualize and empirically testa model that links different dimensions of R&D activities dispersion and innovation output. Moreover, few studies have explicitly addressed R&D activities dispersion among firms inemerging markets. Using a sample of 244 Chinese high-tech firms collected from 2000 to2009, this study aims to determine how firms in developing countries domestically andglobally distribute their activities. The results show that a firm in an emerging market with adecentralized R&D organizational structure with geographically centralized R&D activitieshas better innovation outputs. Moreover, institutional development positively moderates therelationship between the dispersion of R&D activities and innovation performance.
Abstract
Despite the increasing attention paid to the dispersion of research and development (R&D)activities, scholars have presented opposing arguments with respect to its effects oninnovation output to date. To address this controversy, we conceptualize and empirically testa model that links different dimensions of R&D activities dispersion and innovation output. Moreover, few studies have explicitly addressed R&D activities dispersion among firms inemerging markets. Using a sample of 244 Chinese high-tech firms collected from 2000 to2009, this study aims to determine how firms in developing countries domestically andglobally distribute their activities. The results show that a firm in an emerging market with adecentralized R&D organizational structure with geographically centralized R&D activitieshas better innovation outputs. Moreover, institutional development positively moderates therelationship between the dispersion of R&D activities and innovation performance.
- 발행기관:
- 기술경영경제학회
- 분류:
- 과학기술학