Horizontal FDI and Internal R&D of Local Firms in Emerging Economies: A Coopetition Perspective

IF 2.6 4区 管理学 Q3 MANAGEMENT
Jun Xia, Qian Cecilia Gu, Marshall S. Jiang, Zhouyu Lin
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Abstract This study advances a coopetition perspective to argue that an intangibility gap, defined as the difference in intangible asset intensity between industry-frontier foreign firms and local firms, generates both competitive threats and cooperative opportunities for local firms. Thus, an intangibility gap may affect local firms’ internal research and development (R&D) efforts beyond a linear, catching-up way of thinking. Using a sample of manufacturing firms in China, we find that intangibility gap has an inverted U-shaped relationship with the internal R&D intensity of local firms such that a moderate intangibility gap is more likely to stimulate local firms’ R&D than a small or large intangibility gap. Moreover, the results show that export intensity and state ownership of local firms serve as two boundary conditions under which the inverted U-shaped relationship becomes less and more pronounced, respectively.
横向FDI与新兴经济体本土企业内部研发:一个合作视角
摘要本文从竞争的角度出发,认为无形差距(即行业前沿外资企业与本土企业无形资产强度的差异)既会给本土企业带来竞争威胁,也会带来合作机会。因此,无形差距可能会影响本地企业的内部研发(R&D)努力超越线性,追赶的思维方式。以中国制造业企业为样本,我们发现无形性差距与本土企业内部研发强度呈倒u型关系,适度的无形性差距比较小或较大的无形性差距更有可能刺激本土企业的研发。此外,研究结果表明,出口强度和地方企业国有制是两个边界条件,在这两个边界条件下,出口强度和地方企业国有制与出口强度之间的倒u型关系变得不那么明显。
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