Spatiotemporal dynamics of the patent race: empirical evidence from listed companies in China

Gu, Jiafeng

doi:10.1080/19761597.2020.1830813

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“…The aforementioned empirical research results show how the spatiotemporal context of the biopharmaceutical industry at the macro level, measured by distance and time, affects the R&D expenditure of biopharmaceutical companies at the micro level. The empirical findings are consistent with the SSP theory, i.e., the spatiotemporal context will affect the behavior of biopharmaceutical companies, including R&D investment (Gu, 2021a(Gu, , 2021b(Gu, , 2020. In other words, this study supports the context-sensitive thesis.…”

Section: Analysis Of the Influencing Factors Of Biopharmaceutical Companies' Randd Investmentsupporting

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“…This distance is the core attribute in spatiotemporal context analysis (Gu, 2021a, b). In the innovation competition landscape, this distance is a bridge for the spatiotemporal context that influences micro-enterprises' innovation activities (Gu, 2020). Because this spatial gravity center changes annually, the distance from the biopharmaceutical companies to this spatial gravity center varies yearly, even if the biopharmaceutical company's location remains the same.…”

Section: Variable Measurementmentioning

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Determinants of biopharmaceutical R&D expenditures in China: the impact of spatiotemporal context

2021

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The spatiotemporal context affects corporate behavior because any corporate activity is carried out in a specific time and space. Based on an examination on the research and development (R&D) expenditures of 284 listed biopharmaceutical companies in China, this study finds that the innovation space of the biopharmaceutical industry presents a spatial "North-South" pattern. The spatial gravity center of the biopharmaceutical industry's R&D investment has been shifting to the eastern coastal region. This spatiotemporal context will impact the R&D investment of biopharmaceutical companies. Research shows that the distance between biopharmaceutical companies and the gravity center has a direct impact on the R&D expenditures of biopharmaceutical companies. This study supports the context-sensitive thesis and shows how the spatiotemporal context affects the R&D investment of biopharmaceutical companies while controlling firm-level factors.

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Section: Analysis Of the Influencing Factors Of Biopharmaceutical Companies' Randd Investmentsupporting

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Determinants of biopharmaceutical R&D expenditures in China: the impact of spatiotemporal context

2021

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“…Therefore, it is sound to use patent output to measure corporate innovation. In China, there are invention and non-invention patents, including both utility model and design patents [87]. CER-related innovations are mainly concentrated on non-invention patents [59,63].…”

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Spatial Dynamics between Firm Sales and Environmental Responsibility: The Mediating Role of Corporate Innovation

2021

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Corporate environmental responsibility (CER) is increasingly gaining interest among researchers and practitioners. Despite this extensive interest, systematic research regarding the effect of sales on environmental performance remains scarce. In this study, an empirical analysis on a sample of 909 Chinese listed companies from 2010 to 2016 showed that sales positively impact environmental performance. This study also showed that corporate innovation mediates the relationship between sales and environmental performance. Furthermore, this study showed that environmental performance has a positive spatial spillover effect. Enterprises appear to promote their own environmental performance as a response to a rise in the environmental performance of their neighbors. The external control theory of organization has important reference significance and explanatory power for CER behavior in emerging economies.

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“…The spatiotemporal context is a large‐scale structure at the global level inferred from the underlying structure of companies at the microlevel and interaction at the local level (Gu, 2020; Kim, 2020). Past research has mainly used this bottom‐up approach, and has combined the collective behavior of companies to deduce the spatiotemporal context of industrial competition (Hayashi & Tsuge, 2019; Kulin & Kuenne, 1962).…”

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Spatiotemporal context and firm performance: The mediating effect of strategic interaction

2020

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Traditional studies of firm performance typically focus on the effect of market structure and rarely consider the impact of the spatiotemporal context in industrial competition. Using a sample of 1,555 listed companies from 2015 to 2018 in China, this study shows that the profit center of gravity tends to move from southeast to northwest, and that there are negative effects on firm performance with distance from the profit center of gravity. Moreover, when controlling for organizational variables, strategic interaction at the local level significantly mediates the relationship between spatiotemporal context at the global level and firm performance at the microlevel. This investigation provides preliminary support for strategic interaction as a significant mediator between spatiotemporal context and firm performance, and further highlights the relevance of spatiotemporal context and strategic interaction in determining firm performance. The results of this study contribute to our understanding of the dynamic mechanism of spatiotemporal context affecting firm performance and the role of strategic interaction at the local level in this relationship, which can improve the existing insights into new economic geography.

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Spatiotemporal dynamics of the patent race: empirical evidence from listed companies in China

Cited by 25 publications

References 69 publications

Determinants of biopharmaceutical R&D expenditures in China: the impact of spatiotemporal context

Determinants of biopharmaceutical R&D expenditures in China: the impact of spatiotemporal context

Spatial Dynamics between Firm Sales and Environmental Responsibility: The Mediating Role of Corporate Innovation

Spatiotemporal context and firm performance: The mediating effect of strategic interaction

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