. Theoretical considerations based on the New Institutional Economics suggest that, in a transition economy such as China, companies … (electronics industry) companies operating in the PRD, China. From this we obtain some, though often weak, evidence in favor of the … suppositions. -- Formal and informal institutions ; relation-based governance ; firm characteristics ; China ; company survey …

; production ; innovation ; China ; company survey … governance structures) for companies’ production as well as innovation activities. The results confirm the importance of personal … relationships between production and innovation activities. -- Personal relationships ; formal and informal institutions …

This paper addresses the relationships between innovation, research and development (R&D) and productivity in domestic … ICT firms in Costa Rica. Factors considered were the types of innovation outputs produced by domestic ICT firms, the … relative importance of innovation inputs, the impacts of innovation on firm productivity, the protection of innovations, and …

Insights from industrial organization, Schumpeterian innovation, and economic development theories are used to try to …

-level export performance in Asia's super exporter - The People's Republic of China (PRC). While early studies suggested that … innovation was important, there has been little research on opening up the black box of technology at firm-level in the PRC. This … paper undertakes econometric analysis of innovation, learning, and exporting in automobiles and electronics firms in the PRC …

This paper explores the "black box" of innovation in the electronics production network in East Asia through a mapping … exercise of technological capabilities and an econometric analysis of exporting in the People's Republic of China (PRC … behavior and complement the literature on production networks. The econometric results confirm the importance of foreign …

This paper explores the “black box” of innovation in the electronics production network in East Asia through a mapping … exercise of technological capabilities and an econometric analysis of exporting in the People's Republic of China (PRC … behavior and complement the literature on production networks. The econometric results confirm the importance of foreign …

This study examines the relationships between inter-firm networking and innovation within industrial clusters in a … developing context. Based on a unique dataset that was collected through a large-scale survey with firms in China's information … networks than state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China. Finally, firms in industrial satellite Suzhou and Dongguan were less …