Promoting balanced competitiveness strategies of firms in developing countries.

详细信息   

• 作者：Wang ; Vivienne Wei Liu.
• 学历：Doctor
• 年：2010
• 导师：Carayannis, Elias,eadvisorRehman, Scheherazade S.,eadvisorRehman, Scheherazadeecommittee memberRycroft, Robertecommittee memberAlexander, Jeffreyecommittee memberShi, HaiYanecommittee member
• 毕业院校：The George Washington University
• Department：Business Administration
• ISBN：9781124339313
• CBH：3428128
• Country：USA
• 语种：English
• FileSize：4804749
• Pages：259

文摘

It will be useful both theoretically and practically to explore how firms competitive positions are affected by the level of innovation and by different national innovation policies. This research also proposes to test key relationships of Competitiveness Model in developing countries to complement Porters Competitive Advantage Model Porter, 1990). It also looks into the essential elements in Malerbas innovation system approach Malerba, 2004). Most research has focused on innovations in developed countries and newly industrialized countries. Recently, there has been increased interest in how firms in developing countries adopt and advance foreign and domestic technologies. Except in a few studies1, innovation outputs are measured by new-to-the-world patents. Incremental and adaptive innovations of firms in developing countries, therefore, emerge as an area worthy of further research. Redefining innovation in developing countries may bring new insights. THE PRIMARY QUESTION of this study is: Do innovations advance the competitive positions of manufacturing firms in developing countries? Does the pace of innovation matter? Innovations are deeply rooted in a national innovation system. However, this relationship in developing countries is still unclear. A firms access to modern technologies both through clusters and networks, imitation and adaptive innovations in achieving competitiveness is a key dimension in this research. As distinguished from previous research, this study focuses on how national innovation systems of different countries affect firms innovation commitments and competitive position. The SECOND RESEARCH QUESTION is: To what extent do a firms innovation commitments correlate with the protection of intellectual property rights? As AN EXTENSION to the questions above, this research moves one step further to revise Porter Competitive Advantage Model . Porters competitiveness model is based on the experiences of developed and newly industrialized countries in the 1990s. His model emphasizes the importance of the competitive environment within the home country. Porters competitive innovation is that a firm must move beyond best practice and to shape best practice. This concept may not be useful in researching innovation in developing countries. This study proposes the Competitive Position Models for developing countries. The manufacturing sector takes the lead role in modernization and serves as the key source of knowledge and technology spillover in developing countries Tybout, 2000). It is also the most active and intensive area of international cooperation and competition Tybout, 2000). Thus, this dissertation selects manufacturing firms in developing countries for empirical testing. To achieve the objectives above, this study examines a firms innovation from multiple perspectives: 1) Innovation enablers: human capital, technology base, and R&D investment； 2) Innovation processes: technology creation, upgrading, acquisition, networking and utilization； 3) Innovation outputs that are pertinent to developing countries: new or improved product, process, and improved organizations； 4) Innovation driving forces: domestic and foreign business competitors, customers, suppliers, as well as clusters and network； and 5) Innovation environments: intellectual property rights IPR) protection, patent applications filed by residents and non-residents. A two-layer model is used for statistical testing. In addition, lessons will also be drawn from reviews of experiences and case studies of a handful of developing countries, with special focus on China. This research is the first attempt to develop a Competitive Position Model for developing counties, to help transform firms innovative capabilities into their competitive positions in both the domestic and global markets. Based on the statistical findings and case studies, this research has developed a double-diamond competitiveness framework. The firms are important actors in developing countries in building up the countries competitive capacities. Their innovative commitments not only directly lead to new product line development and cost reductions, but also become conductive channels to turn the formal R&D results of both foreign and domestic origins into market applications. The conventional framework of science, technology and innovation including formal national R&D investment and the number of patents applied/granted are important macro factors contributing to the competitiveness of a country and its firms. It is equally important to foster and support the firms R&D capacity building. Foreign and domestic competitions have different impacts on firms competitive position. A higher competitive firm has a strong relationship with local clusters and global networks. These are becoming a critical factor for advancing a firms competitive positions in the global economy. The study also provides suggestions for a balanced development strategy for firms in developing countries. Abstract shortened by UMI.) 1 Ayyagari, Demirguc_kunt and Maksimovic 2006) studied the relations of governance and finance and firms incremental and adoptive innovations in emerging markets. Gorodnichenko, Svejnar and Terrell 2007) tested the effects of competition and foreign direct investment on domestic firms adoptive innovations.