Technological capability development in China's mobile phone industry

Jin, Jun; Zedtwitz, Maximilian von

doi:10.1016/j.technovation.2007.06.003

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“…This measurement is consistent with a conceptualization of technological capability that encompasses both tacit technological knowledge and the continuous evaluation and reconfiguration of technological competencies to address changing environments (Franco et al, 2009). We also developed an item related to information technology, as Jin and Zedtwitz (2008) suggested that information and communication technologies are an important aspect of technological capability.…”

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Customer orientation and innovation: A comparative study of manufacturing and service firms

Wang

Zhao

Voss

2016

International Journal of Production Economics

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This study investigates the effect of customer orientation on innovation performance in manufacturing and service firms by comparing their innovation mechanisms. Based on a sample of 1,646 manufacturing firms and 686 service firms, our results indicate that customer orientation positively affects service innovativeness and product innovativeness in service firms and manufacturing firms, respectively, and that such effects are mediated by two important firm resources: supplier collaboration and technological capability.However, customer orientation has a stronger total effect on innovativeness and supplier collaboration has a stronger mediating effect on the relationship between customer orientation and innovativeness in service firms. Although many previous studies have indicated that technological capability is relatively unimportant in service firms, our analyses indicate that it is now an equally important factor in service innovation and manufacturing innovation. These findings contribute to our understanding of innovation in the service and manufacturing industries, and to the literature on customer orientation, the resource-based view of the firm, and service-dominant logic.

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Customer orientation and innovation: A comparative study of manufacturing and service firms

Wang

Zhao

Voss

2016

International Journal of Production Economics

136

112

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“…In addition to easing the doing of business (Kumar & Zahn, 2003;Kuoa & Yub, 2006;Jin & von Zedtwitz, 2008;Lee et al, 2010), the mobile revolution has generated a plethora of inclusive development benefits to developing countries. According to recent African development literature (Asongu & De Moor, 2015), the revolution of the mobile phone has touched almost every societal fabric in Africa.…”

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The role of governance in mobile phones for inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

2016

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“…Technology management can be defined as the capability to stimulate the effective use of technical knowledge and skills to develop new products and processes, the improvement of existing technology, and the generation of new knowledge and skills (Jin and von Zedtwitz, 2008 identification (e.g. technology and market scanning) and selection (technology forecasting and monitoring) are relevant activities as they facilitate the understanding of the inflow of diverse knowledge through technological collaborations, and they enable firms to benefit from complementarities across and between internal and external knowledge sources (Cassiman and Veugelers, 2006).…”

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Alliance portfolio diversity, radical and incremental innovation: The moderating role of technology management

2013

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In this paper we test whether the use of a set of technology management tools (TM-tools), a specification of alliance portfolio capability, influences the relationship between alliance portfolio diversity and a firm's innovation outcomes. With this model, we add to the theoretical literature on the performance effects of alliance portfolio diversity and specific contingencies allowing to appropriate benefits from this diversity.Based on a sample of South African firms, we first confirm the inverted U-shaped relation between alliance portfolio diversity and a firm's innovation outcomes found by earlier research. We also show that the shape of this inverted-U differs for incremental and radical innovation outcomes. Subsequently, we test the moderating effect of the use of TM-tools on this relationship, for which find a strong positive moderating effect. In particular, for firms intensively using TM-tools, the negative effect of high levels of alliance portfolio diversity on innovation outcomes turns into a positive effect. This suggests that the use of formal technology management practices is beneficial to manage highly diverse alliance portfolios.

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Technological capability development in China's mobile phone industry

Cited by 107 publications

References 10 publications

Customer orientation and innovation: A comparative study of manufacturing and service firms

Customer orientation and innovation: A comparative study of manufacturing and service firms

The role of governance in mobile phones for inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Alliance portfolio diversity, radical and incremental innovation: The moderating role of technology management

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