Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Conference on Education, Management Science and Economics (ICEMSE 2019)

Comparison of the Catching-up Path of Latecomer Firms: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Perspective of Technological Catching-up

Authors
Tong Ye, Linpei Zhang, Wenting Huang
Corresponding Author
Tong Ye
Available Online September 2019.
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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Conference on Education, Management Science and Economics (ICEMSE 2019)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
September 2019
ISBN
10.2991/icemse-19.2019.51
ISSN
2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/icemse-19.2019.51How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 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/).

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