Technology Transfer, Technological Capability, Absorptive Capacity and Firm Performance: An Investigation of the Textile and Clothing Firms in Pakistan

IF 0.5 Q4 ECONOMICS

Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-02 DOI:10.22452/MJES.VOL58NO1.6

N. Nazeer, R. Rasiah, F. Furuoka

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Abstract

Research on the web of technological linkages that stimulate firm performance is still evolving, especially when they differ with industry, timing and location. Generally, firms in emerging nations need technologies to build technological capabilities; however in some cases firms are limited in their capacity to acquire the technology because of their low level of absorptive capability. The rising share of resource-based textile exports, which exceeds clothing exports, demonstrate that little or no functional upgrading has taken place in the clothing and textile industry of Pakistan. Hence, using structural equation modeling we examine in this paper the mediating effect of absorptive capacity on the relationship between technological capabilities and technology transfer, and firm performance in a sample of 503 textile and clothing firms in Pakistan. The results show that, absorptive capacity mediates positively and significantly the relation between technology transfer, technological capabilities and firm performance with the former being stronger than the latter.

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技术转移、技术能力、吸收能力与企业绩效:对巴基斯坦纺织服装企业的调查

对刺激企业绩效的技术联系网络的研究仍在不断发展，特别是当它们与行业、时间和地点不同时。一般来说，新兴国家的企业需要技术来建立技术能力;然而，在某些情况下，由于企业的吸收能力较低，它们获得技术的能力有限。资源型纺织品出口的份额不断上升，超过服装出口，这表明巴基斯坦的服装和纺织工业几乎没有或根本没有进行功能升级。因此，本文以巴基斯坦503家纺织服装企业为样本，利用结构方程模型检验了吸收能力对技术能力、技术转移和企业绩效之间关系的中介作用。结果表明，吸收能力在技术转移、技术能力和企业绩效之间具有显著的正向中介作用，且前者的中介作用强于后者。

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Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ECONOMICS-

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