Promoting Balanced Competitiveness Strategies of Firms in Developing Countries [electronic resource] /
Wang, Vivienne W L.author.
Carayannis, Elias G.author.
Since the pioneering work of Joseph Schumpeter (1942), it has been assumed that innovations typically play a key role in firms’ competitiveness.  This assumption has been applied to firms in both developed and developing countries. However, the innovative capacities and business environments of firms in developing countries are fundamentally different from those in developed countries. It stands to reason that innovation and competitiveness models based on developed countries may not apply to developing countries.   In this volume, Vivienne Wang and Elias G. Carayannis apply both theoretical approaches and empirical analysis to explore the dynamics of innovation in developing countries, with a particular emphasis on R&D in manufacturing firms.  In so doing, they present an alternative to Michael Porter’s Competitive Advantage Model—a Competitive Position Model that focuses on incremental and adaptive innovations that are more appropriate than radical innovations for developing countries.  Their research addresses such questions as: Do innovations advance the competitive positions of manufacturing firms in developing countries? Does the pace of innovation matter, in particular, in socio-economic and socio-political contexts? To what degree can national innovation systems and policies influence development? To what extent do a firm’s innovation commitments correlate with the protection of intellectual property rights? What roles do foreign direct investment and relationships with clusters and networks play?  The resulting analysis not only challenges traditional theoretical approaches to innovation, but provides suggestions for improving business practice and policymaking.
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Promoting Balanced Competitiveness Strategies of Firms in Developing Countries; Series Foreword; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Rational for the Study; 1.1.1 Origination of the Competitive Position; 1.1.2 Innovation in Developing Countries; 1.1.3 National Innovation Systems of Developing Countries; 1.2 Research Framework; 1.3 Limitations; 1.3.1 Purpose of the Research; 1.3.2 Prediction Model; 1.3.3 Measurement of Variables; 1.3.4 Use of Enterprise Survey Data; 1.3.5 The World Bank's BE-ES Survey Data; 1.4 Expected Contributions; 1.5 Nature of Order of the Book
Chapter 2: Theoretical and Empirical Literature Review2.1 Innovation Model; 2.2 Incremental-Radical Dichotomy; 2.3 Henderson: Clark Model; 2.4 The S-Curve Framework; 2.5 Teece's Innovation Model; 2.6 Innovation Novelty Matrix; 2.7 Technological Catch-Up; 2.7.1 Comparative and Competitive Advantage; 2.8 Comparative Advantage; 2.9 Competitive Advantages; 2.10 Dynamic Comparative Advantage Model and the New Dilemma; 2.10.1 Dynamic Comparative Advantage and FDI; 2.10.2 Dynamic Comparative Advantage and Globalization; 2.10.3 Dynamic Comparative Advantage and Technology
2.10.4 Comparative Disadvantage2.10.5 Sectoral Innovation System; 2.10.6 National Innovation System: IPR Protection; 2.10.7 Protection of IPR and FDI; 2.10.8 Protection of IPR and Domestic Innovative Activities; 2.10.9 Impacts of IPR Protection; 2.10.10 Summary; Chapter 3: Hypotheses, Models, Data, and Methodology; 3.1 Research Framework; 3.2 Model S pecifications; 3.2.1 Model Specification for Research Question I; 3.2.2 Model Specification for Research Question II; 3.2.3 Model Specification for Research Question III; 3.2.4 Innovation-Technology-Productivity Model; 3.3 Research Data
3.3.1 Time Fame of the Study: 1998-20053.3.2 Data and Sampling; 3.3.2.1 Data; 3.3.2.2 Sample: Selection of Firms; 3.3.2.3 IPR Protection; 3.3.3 Variables; 3.3.3.1 Innovations of Firms in Developing Countries; Outcome Variable; Predictor Variables; 3.3.3.2 Driving Factors of Technological Innovations; Outcome Variable; Predictor Variables; IPR Protection; Control Variables; Chapter 4: Results; 4.1 Model Estimating the Impacts of R&D Investment on Innovation Outcomes; 4.2 Estimating Impacts of Local and Foreign Competitions/Suppliers/Customers on Firms' Commitment to Innovation
4.3 Estimate the Impacts of Intellectual Property Rights Protection on Innovation and Competitiveness4.4 Summary; 4.4.1 Firm's R&D Investment; 4.4.2 Technological Base; 4.4.3 Competitors; 4.4.4 Clusters and Networks; 4.4.5 IPR Protection; 4.5 A Special Case Study: Innovation in China; 4.5.1 Changes of the Innovation Landscapes in China; 4.5.2 Innovation and Competitiveness at the National Level; 4.5.3 Innovations at the Firm Level; 4.5.4 IPR Protection in China; 4.5.5 The Role of Foreign Direct Investment; Chapter 5: Conclusion and Implications; 5.1 Conclusions and Discussions
5.2 Limitations of the Study
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Since the pioneering work of Joseph Schumpeter (1942), it has been assumed that innovations typically play a key role in firms’ competitiveness.  This assumption has been applied to firms in both developed and developing countries. However, the innovative capacities and business environments of firms in developing countries are fundamentally different from those in developed countries. It stands to reason that innovation and competitiveness models based on developed countries may not apply to developing countries.   In this volume, Vivienne Wang and Elias G. Carayannis apply both theoretical approaches and empirical analysis to explore the dynamics of innovation in developing countries, with a particular emphasis on R&D in manufacturing firms.  In so doing, they present an alternative to Michael Porter’s Competitive Advantage Model—a Competitive Position Model that focuses on incremental and adaptive innovations that are more appropriate than radical innovations for developing countries.  Their research addresses such questions as: Do innovations advance the competitive positions of manufacturing firms in developing countries? Does the pace of innovation matter, in particular, in socio-economic and socio-political contexts? To what degree can national innovation systems and policies influence development? To what extent do a firm’s innovation commitments correlate with the protection of intellectual property rights? What roles do foreign direct investment and relationships with clusters and networks play?  The resulting analysis not only challenges traditional theoretical approaches to innovation, but provides suggestions for improving business practice and policymaking.
Development economics.
Economic growth.
Economic policy.
Management.
Development Economics.
Economic Growth.
Economic Policy.
Management.
Innovation, technology and knowledge management