Technological innovation capacities, product strategy and business performance: the case of the electronics industry in China

This research was conducted with a sample of 215 Chinese companies from the electronics industry. It shows that the different technological innovation capabilities have a positive impact on product innovation, beginning with the linkage capability, and then moving to the production capability, and ending with the investment capability. The research also shows that product innovation has a mediating effect on the relationship between different technological innovation capabilities and firm performance. Copyright (c) 2013 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Resume La recherche a ete conduite sur un echantillon de 215 entreprises chinoises de l'electronique. Elle montre que les differentes capacites d'innovation technologique ont un impact positif direct sur l'innovation produit, en commencant par la capacite de reseautage,puis la capacite de production etfinalement la capacite d'investissement. Elle montre egalement que l'innovation produit joue un role mediateur entre les differentes capacites d'innovation technologique et la performance de l'entreprise.