R&D activities dispersion and innovation: implications for firms in China

被引:8
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作者
Ying, Ying [1 ]
Liu, Yang [2 ]
Cheng, Cong [3 ]
机构
[1] Zhejiang Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Business Adm, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
[2] South China Univ Technol, Sch Business Adm, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[3] Zhejiang Univ Technol, China Inst Small & Medium Enterprise, Hangzhou 310023, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
R&D; knowledge; innovation; institution; China; FOREIGN DIRECT-INVESTMENT; LOCATION CHOICE; COLLABORATION NETWORKS; KNOWLEDGE; PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATION; STRATEGY; INTERNATIONALIZATION; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; PERSPECTIVE;
D O I
10.1080/19761597.2016.1265457
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
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 on innovation output to date. To address this controversy, we conceptualize and empirically test a 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 in emerging markets. Using a sample of 244 Chinese high-tech firms collected from 2000 to 2009, this study aims to determine how firms in developing countries domestically and globally distribute their activities. The results show that a firm in an emerging market with a decentralized R&D organizational structure with geographically centralized R&D activities has better innovation outputs. Moreover, institutional development positively moderates the relationship between the dispersion of R&D activities and innovation performance.
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页码:361 / 377
页数:17
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