How Chinese firms employ open innovation to strengthen their innovative performance

نویسندگان

  • Yuandi Wang
  • Nadine Roijakkers
  • Wim Vanhaverbeke
  • Jin Chen
چکیده

China became the second-largest economy behind the USA in 2010. While there is quite some macroeconomic research documenting the technological catching-up of China as a nation, there is only little research studying how individual Chinese firms are catching up. This paper draws on the open innovation perspective to explore how Chinese firms improve their innovative performance. Our empirical analysis is based on a sample of 91 native Chinese firms in high-tech industries. The results indicate that Chinese

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • IJTM

دوره 59  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012