Comparison of the Catching-up Path of Latecomer Firms: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Perspective of Technological Catching-up
- DOI
- 10.2991/icemse-19.2019.51How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- technological catching-up, latecomer firms, path selection, empirical analysis
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to provide guidance for latecomers to make the choice of catching-up paths under the unique technological situation in China. This study clarifies the specific situation of the effectiveness of catching-up paths and investigates how the three catching-up paths affect the latecomers’ catching-up performance. The present study was designed to establish a theoretical framework based on Lee and Lim’s theory and put forward two hypotheses. These hypotheses were tested by large-sample empirical analysis including constructing structural and measurement models. The results suggest that among three technological catching-up paths, the influence of the path-creating catching-up is the most significant. Technological catching-up paths, which have a strong impact on market share and patent number, determine the catching-up performance. These results obtain general rules and break through the limitations of several specific industries providing a more macroscopic understanding of the effect of catching-up path choices on catching-up performance at the enterprise level.
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Tong Ye AU - Linpei Zhang AU - Wenting Huang PY - 2019/09 DA - 2019/09 TI - Comparison of the Catching-up Path of Latecomer Firms: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Perspective of Technological Catching-up BT - Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Conference on Education, Management Science and Economics (ICEMSE 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 221 EP - 227 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icemse-19.2019.51 DO - 10.2991/icemse-19.2019.51 ID - Ye2019/09 ER -