In-house R&D and External Knowledge Acquisition What Makes Chinese Firms Productive?

Konferenzbeitrag

This paper analyses the influence of in-house R&D and external knowledge acquisition on the total factor productivity (TFP) of listed Chinese firms for the time period 2001-2010. We find a quantitatively important positive effect of in-house R&D. The achieved level of technological sophistication of Chinese firms is sufficient to benefit from R&D collaboration with domestic partners. We do not find a significant effect for employing inventors with access to international knowledge or for collaborating with international partners. International knowledge acquisition is only effective if conducted via joint ventures, i.e. if it is supported by a deep organizational relationship.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2013: Wettbewerbspolitik und Regulierung in einer globalen Wirtschaftsordnung - Session: Economic Development and Technological Change ; No. D10-V2

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes ; Technological Change: Other

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Böing, Philipp ; Müller, Elisabeth ; Sandner, Philipp
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
• (where): Kiel und Hamburg
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/80037
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET