How do firms specialize? The technological positions of Chinese robotics firms

IF 2.4 Q2 ECONOMICS
K. Kimura
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ABSTRACT This study analyses how firms sharpen technological specialization as they develop technologies. We investigate the technological positions of firms in the Chinese robotics industry, which has been rapidly growing in recent years. Using patent information for technological fields that firms focus on, firstly, we show that the technological positions of Chinese firms have been getting close to that of a Japanese first-mover firm in the same industry. Secondly, we examine the characteristics of the technological positions of Chinese firms and show that specialization consists of technologies which realize the basic functions of robots and those which improve the sophistication of products. Specialization generally means a strength rooting in narrower technological fields, but it is established as an expansive structure that straddles various technological fields. Therefore, to evaluate the strength of each firm, it is necessary to compare the commonalities and differences of technological positions.
公司如何专业化?中国机器人公司的技术地位
摘要本文分析了企业在技术发展过程中如何强化技术专业化。我们调查了近年来快速发展的中国机器人产业中企业的技术地位。利用企业关注的技术领域的专利信息,我们首先发现中国企业的技术地位已经接近日本同行业的先发企业。其次,我们考察了中国企业技术地位的特点,并表明专业化包括实现机器人基本功能的技术和提高产品复杂性的技术。专业化通常意味着植根于较窄的技术领域的力量,但它是作为一个跨越各个技术领域的广阔结构建立起来的。因此,为了评价各企业的实力,有必要比较技术地位的共性和差异。
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