Implications of China's innovation policy shift: Does “indigenous” mean closed?

Artikel

China's government aims to become an innovation nation and promotes the development of so-called indigenous innovation. Under this paradigm of state-encouraged innovation, however, it is unclear how domestic firms organize their innovation processes. We distinguish between two strategies in that respect: closed versus open innovation. Our findings suggest that firms with closed innovation processes collaborate in close geographic distance, rely on DUI-modes of learning, and collaborations are based on guanxi. In contrast, firms with open innovation processes collaborate over large distances and rely on STI-modes of learning that are not necessarily guanxi-based. The findings help to understand the heterogeneous nature of indigenous innovation in China.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Growth and Change ; ISSN: 1468-2257 ; Volume: 51 ; Year: 2020 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 1124-1141 ; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Losacker, Sebastian ; Liefner, Ingo
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Wiley
• (where): Hoboken, NJ
• (when): 2020

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1111/grow.12400
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/230176
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET