Local Innovativeness and Knowledge Spillovers of Indigenous Firms on Foreign Firms: Evidence from China's ICT Industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra C. Wang ◽  
Yiqiong Guo
2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 469-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsai-Ju Liao

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the cluster effect by decomposing the broad category of “clusters” into cluster size and technological knowledge spillovers. Further, this study questions whether all foreign firms benefit equally from participation in geographic clusters. Specifically, the paper examines the moderating roles of local ownership ties and a local market orientation with respect to the benefits of cluster size and technological knowledge spillover. Design/methodology/approach – Using the Database of Enterprises in China, this study examines a sample of 2,200 Taiwanese manufacturing firms operating in China from 2005 to 2007. Findings – The paper found that increased cluster size and technological knowledge spillovers help to enhance foreign firms’ financial performance. The analysis also shows that local ownership ties and a local market orientation have a positive moderating effect on the relationship between cluster size, technological knowledge spillovers, and performance. Originality/value – This study distinguishes between the effects of cluster size and technological knowledge spillovers, which is an important step toward demystifying the “black box” of cluster benefits. Further, due to the liability of foreignness and the lack of legitimacy that foreign firms face when operating in emerging economies, this study integrates the cluster perspective and the legitimacy perspective to discuss whether foreign firms can actively adopt strategic behaviors that will help to improve their legitimacy and enable them to better capture potential cluster benefits.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-93
Author(s):  
Niken Wulandari ◽  
Andi Fahmi Lubis

Abstract : Regardless the benefits of imported inputs, uncertainties in foreign markets and highly sunk inisial costs (e.g. cost of searching foreign suppliers), become a barrier to entry for most of firm and causing persistent to use the imported input. However, the sunk cost entry give the information insentives about import activities for the importer. So, when importers are neighboring in a location, they pottentially induce knowledge spillovers to the other firms. The more importers at that location, the more knowledge is spread, so that it can potentially reduce initial import costs and increase the prospensity to import for other neighbors. This study uses dynamic panel data of Indonesian manufacturing firms from 2007 until 2015, to examine the determinant of decision to import, especially sunk cost and spillovers. The results of the GMM difference estimation indicate that firm who imported last year and two years earlier more likely to import input this year, both for domestic and foreign firms. This study also found a positive correlation between probability of importing input and the number of importer in the same region regardless of their industrial affiliation. However, this finding is limited only to indegenous firm which generated by agglomeration of indegenous importers.Keywords: decision to import, sunk cost of import entry,  spillover, dynamic panel dataAbstrak : Terlepas dari manfaat imported input, ketidakpastian di pasar luar negeri dan biaya inisial yang tinggi dan sunk mencegah sebagian besar perusahaan untuk mengimpor dan menyebabkan perusahaan persisten mengimpor bahan baku.  Namun, sunk cost entry tersebut sarat akan informasi terkait aktivitas impor, sehingga berpotensi menimbulkan knowledge spillover ketika importir berdekatan di satu lokasi tertentu. Semakin banyak importir di lokasi tersebut, semakin banyak informasi yang tersebar, sehingga dapat mengurangi biaya inisial impor dan meningkatkan kecenderungan untuk mengimpor bagi perusahaan lain. Penelitian ini mengunakan data panel dinamis perusahaan manufaktur di Indonesia (2007 - 2015) untuk mempelajari determinan keputusan impor bahan baku, terutama sunk cost entry dan import spillover. Hasil estimasi GMM difference menunjukkan perusahaan yang mengimpor satu dan dua tahun sebelumnya cenderung akan mengimpor bahan baku tahun ini, baik bagi perusahaan domestik maupun asing. Penelitian ini juga menemukan adanya hubungan positif antara keputusan impor dengan jumlah importir yang berada di satu kabupaten baik di industri yang sama maupun berbeda. Namun, temuan tersebut terbatas hanya terjadi bagi perusahaan domestik yang berasal dari aglomerasi importir domestik.Kata kunci: keputusan untuk impor, sunk cost import entry, spillover, data panel dinamis


2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiyang Li ◽  
Yan (Anthea) Zhang ◽  
Marjorie Lyles

AbstractPrior research and the articles included in this special issue demonstrate that in emerging markets in general and in China in particular, knowledge spillovers exist between foreign firms and domestic firms. As domestic markets become more sophisticated, and competition between domestic firms and foreign firms becomes stronger, knowledge is flowing to and being sourced in many different directions: from overseas head offices to foreign firms then on to domestic firms; from domestic firms to domestic firms; and from domestic firms to foreign firms, and back to the multinational corporations' head offices in the form of reverse spillovers and reverse innovation. We propose that knowledge spillovers, search, and creation in an emerging market are a dynamic and reciprocal process with knowledge flowing between and among foreign and domestic firms. This represents a fertile field for future research and we have identified a number of areas ripe for study.


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