Technology absorption capacity and firm growth in Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Victor Yawo Atiase ◽  
Dennis Yao Dzansi ◽  
Johnson Kwesi Ameh
Keyword(s):  
Firm Growth ◽  
Absorption Capacity ◽  
Technology Absorption

scholarly journals Will China Become a Global Technological Giant?

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
Marcin Piatkowski
Keyword(s):  
Public Support ◽  
Managerial Practices ◽  
The Past ◽  
Support For Innovation ◽  
The Us ◽  
Lectual Property ◽  
Technology Absorption ◽  
China Today ◽  
Remarkable Progress

The article argues that China has achieved a remarkable progress in promoting technology absorption and innovation over the past decade. China today spends 2.1 percent of GDP on R&D, more than the OECD average. By 2020, China together with the US will be responsible for more than half of the world’s R&D spending. These two countries may thus largely de-cide about the speed and direction of mankind’s technological progress. Despite the pro-gress, however, China still faces several challenges to becoming a global technological giant. To face these challenges, China would be well advised to increase the quality of innovation outputs, strengthen efficiency of public support for innovation, further strengthen intel-lectual property rights, and help enhance managerial practices of Chinese firms.

scholarly journals Technology Transfer in China

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas B. Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Past History ◽  
Domestic Institutions ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Reform Era ◽  
Multifaceted Approach ◽  
Technology Absorption ◽  
Institutional Landscape ◽  
China’S Economy

The issues surrounding China’s technology transfer as a social phenomenon have changed just as radically as China’s economy has over the course of the four decades of the reform era. Not surprisingly, the concerns of the literature on technology transfer have transformed as well in order to try to keep pace with the dramatic changes in China’s economy. For this very reason, this bibliography will place a priority on the more recent scholarship, generally published in this century, because the scholarship on China’s technology transfer, and on its economy in general, has had a nasty habit of becoming quickly outdated. The bibliography also takes a wide lens on the issue of technology transfer, because one continuity across the decades of reform has been the persistence of the problem of technology absorption and assimilation, related to the weak capabilities of certain firms in China, and this problem and the concomitant weak capabilities of a substantial portion of Chinese firms over time can only be fully articulated by expanding beyond firm-level characteristics and motivations to encompass China’s institutions, politics, and past history. Such a multifaceted approach is required not only due to China’s own particular trajectory and institutions, but also because scholars have begun to recognize how various aspects of globalization, such as global value chains and networks of returnees, interact with domestic institutions to create a widely uneven institutional landscape for social phenomena, including technology transfer.

scholarly journals A Study of the Impact of Cloud Computing Alignment on the Enterprise Technological Capability Based on Environmental Turbulence

2021 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 02049
Author(s):  
MingXing Shao ◽  
XiaoHe Yang
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Environmental Turbulence ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Enterprise Technology ◽  
Technology Absorption ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Development Capability

One of the most current concerns in the field of information system is whether cloud computing technology can deliver the desired improvement of capability and value to enterprises. This paper studied the enterprise technology development capability of the enterprises in Beijing Zhongguancun Technology Park, the first national high-tech industrial development zone in China, from the perspective of the breadth and depth of the alignment of cloud computing and enterprise. It proposed a theoretical model to study how the breadth and depth of alignment affects the enterprise technology development capability in a turbulent environment and considers the intermediary role of the enterprise technology absorption capability and the moderation role of environmental turbulence in it. The model was tested empirically by questionnaires and structural equation model (SEM). Empirical results showed that both the deep and wide alignment of cloud computing can enhance the enterprise technology development capability by improving the enterprise technology absorption capability.

Trade liberalization and technology absorption in a less developing country context

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-170
Author(s):  
Alamedin Bannaga
Keyword(s):  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Panel Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Technology Absorption ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The paper aims to investigate the relationship between trade liberalization and technology absorption in a less developing country context. The objective is to empirically test the relationship between these two variables. This analysis was conducted in Sub-Saharan African economies. Design/methodology/approach – A panel regression of 20 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa was estimated based on a model that takes into account both trade policy and non-policy factors affecting technology absorption. Findings – A positive and significant relationship was found between trade liberalization and technology absorption. This relationship is valid across a variety of model specifications, technology absorption proxies and estimation techniques. Moreover, non-policy factors such as geographical spillover play significant role in technology absorption. Originality/value – The paper examines the link between the trade liberalization and the technology absorption in Sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis is empirical in nature and builds on panel estimations. The novelty of the paper comes from the topic investigated and the focus on a region which has not attracted much attention in the literature.

scholarly journals Technology Transfer, Development, Deployment and Productivity Performance in Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-128
Author(s):  
Irfan Ali ◽  
Zafar Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Foreign Technology ◽  
Know How ◽  
Technology Deployment ◽  
Tfp Growth ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Technology Absorption

Productivity (TFP) performance is not only influenced by the direct effects of human capital, R&D (technology development)), embodied and disembodied forms of technology transfer and know-how through capital imports, FDI and use of foreign IPRs (technology transfer activities), but importantly is indirectly affected by compo-nents like the interactive effects of machinery and equipment imports, royalties and licenses fee payments, FDI, human capital and technology deployment. In this context, we analyzed internal technology building capabilities, trade-related technology transf-er activities and foreign technology absorption capabilities. The ARDL technique demonstrates that stable long-run association exists amongst all the chosen variables. The results indicate that investment in human capital boost the TFP, in addition expenditures on R&D, imports of machinery are crucial determinants of TFP growth. Surprisingly, FDI appears with a negative sign but the indirect effect of FDI through its interaction with human capital is positive. This indicates that FDI in the presence of human capital plays a favourable role in enhancing TFP. Moreover, the imports of machinery directly and indirectly, in association with both human capital and R&D, increase the growth of TFP. These findings provide evidence that internal technology building capabilities enhances the TFP growth significantly; while, embodied form of technology transfer has a positive and significant impact on the growth of TFP; whereas, disembodied technology transfer exerts positive but statistically insignificant impact on TFP growth. Furthermore, the study lends support for the existence of strong foreign technology absorption capabilities.

scholarly journals A comparative analysis on the entrepreneurial ecosystem of BRICS club countries: practical emphasis on South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adisu Fanta Bate
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Development Effort ◽  
Risk Capital ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Technology Absorption

AbstractThe effectiveness of entrepreneurial activities is not only determined by the quality of entrepreneurs but also by the ecosystem of entrepreneurship. The entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) that nurtures low-quality “moppets” to highly impactful “gazelles” is being widely debated and on-demand in literature. This study, therefore, is aimed to advance the discussion and make a comparative analysis of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, which has been given a little attention, of BRICS club countries with an especial focus on South Africa, Brazil, and India. Various entrepreneurship-economic growth-related measures including Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEI), Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), Index Economic Freedom (IEF), and Legatum Prosperity Index (LPI) are used to compare the countries’ entrepreneurial ecosystem. Especially, the data set (2012–2018) of GEI was utilized for the analysis. According to GEI and GCI of 2018, China is leading BRICS club in terms of growth and entrepreneurial ecosystem. On the other side, LPI, IEF, and GEI put South Africa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem in a favorable position as compared to Brazil and India. South Africa performs poorly in startup skills, while both the latter ones are better and stand at the same level. This shows that South Africa’s tertiary education, coupled with low skill perception, is less effective in equipping the population to be entrepreneurs as compared to India and Brazil. Whereas Brazil and India are at their worst in internationalizing the country’s entrepreneurs and technological absorption, respectively. South Africa is more like India in product innovation and risk acceptance. On the other side, it is more like Brazil in risk capital, technological absorption, opportunity perception, and in their sluggish economic growth. Overall, South Africa (57th/140 as of 2018) is categorized among those poorly performing countries in terms of start-up skills, networking, technology absorption, human Capital, and risk capital pillars. The government of South Africa needs to primarily work on these bottle-neck pillars to improve its EE. To increase GEI by 5%, it should invest 77% of its extra resource on start-up skills, 18% on risk capital, and 5% on technology absorption. Applying GEI set up, this paper claims to have uniquely contributed to how to make a country comparison on the EE. Further empirical research can be done including all BRICS countries to bolster their development effort and on how to promote EE by tackling the underlying bottlenecks.

The factors affecting technology transaction value in Vietnam: technology demand approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 344-360
Author(s):  
Phuong Thi Nguyen ◽  
Minh Khac Nguyen ◽  
Huong Thu Dang
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Generalized Least Squares ◽  
Absorption Capacity ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technology Market ◽  
Technology Absorption ◽  
The Government ◽  
Transaction Value

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify variables and their effects on the value of technology transaction according to technology demand approach in Vietnam technology market, by testing the hypotheses including the effects of technology absorption capacity, internal research and development (R&D) productivity of firms and difficulties in external infrastructure on technology demand. Design/methodology/approach The technology transaction value and its impact factors are assessed using Vietnam annual enterprise survey and using technology in production survey from 2012 to 2016. The effects of factors on value of technology transaction are determined by using feasible generalized least squares model. Findings The results indicate three main points. First, companies having higher technology absorption capacity and higher dominance in the domestic or foreign markets tend to acquire higher technology demand in the technology market. Second, companies having lower internal R&D productivity tend to require higher external technology demand. Finally, higher level of difficulty from external infrastructure prevents enterprises in accessing technology demand. Research limitations/implications The main limitation of the study is that data of firm’s R&D productivity are not available. The study also does not mention information flows from competitors that perhaps have potentially significant impacts on external technology demand of firms. Practical implications The paper includes policy implications for the government and industry managers to increase technology transaction value. Originality/value The focus of many previous research papers on technology transactions was generally to look at the decisive factors behind firm’s technology supply in both developed and developing countries. However, knowledge about firm’s technology demand is very limited, particularly in the context of developing countries. This paper clarifies the effect of factors on the decision buying external technology for innovation purpose and productivity improvement in Vietnamese manufacturing sector.

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