The Influencing Factors of the Technology Standard Alliance Collaborative Innovation of Emerging Industry

Abstract

As the important carrier for patent sharing, joint creation and application promotion, the industrial technology standard alliance has increasingly become the main organization pattern for technology standardization around the world. Particularly, technology standard alliance collaborative innovation is more conducive to accelerate the independent innovation pace and technology standard internationalization process of emerging industries in China. Based on analyzing the connotation, characteristics and influencing factors of technology standard alliance collaborative innovation, this paper puts forward the research hypothesis and theoretical framework of alliance collaborative innovation, and then uses a questionnaire survey and a Structural Equation Model to test the influencing factors and their effect path through 196 technology standard alliance enterprises samples. The results indicate that compared with strategy collaboration and process collaboration, patent collaboration has more significant positive impacts on alliance innovation performance; further, resource integration, knowledge sharing and revenue distribution, become the main influencing factors of alliance collaborative innovation. Finally, this paper proposes the mechanism framework of technology standard alliance collaborative innovation, which provides effective reference for strengthening the technology standard alliance collaborative innovation management of emerging industry.

The Primary Actors of Technology Standardization in the Manufacturing Industry

“…In this study, we limit technology producers to companies, considering our research focus (i.e., technology management of manufacturing companies) and the resultant systematic literature review result. Standard-setters consist of various types of SSOs according to the scope of works-namely, national, international, or regional standards-as well as standard alliances that aim to develop and promote industrial standards based on specific technologies [50], [117]. Relevant participants of SSOs include experts from companies, academicians, certification bodies, industry associations, and lobby groups.…”

“…Like core companies, following companies also sponsor standard alliances; however, the intention of their action is different from that of core companies. In comparison with core companies, following companies sponsor standard alliances to address deficiencies, such as a lack of knowledge and lack of resources for standardization, as participating in alliances provides opportunities to access external knowledge and resources [51], [53]- [55], [75], [85], [88], [117], [130]. They monitor technology strategies to attain technological guidance for their business and to explore strategic opportunities [89], [129].…”

“…By promoting standardization, standard alliances help to diffuse technology through cooperation with participating companies in alliances [72], [85], [97], [124], [128], [131]. Standard alliances also contribute to building of an installed base by indirectly forcing other parties who did not join the alliance to select certain technology for adoption [65], [86], [117].…”

Research on the Upgrading Path of Emerging Industry Innovation Service Network

“…The Outline of the National Innovation-Driven Development Strategy proposes a "three-step" strategy, that is, china will become an innovative country by 2020, a leading innovative country by 2030 and a world-class scientific and technological innovation power by 2050 [1]. In order to achieve these goals, industries with great innovation vitality are incorporated into China's strategic emerging industries, which are the key to promoting the strategic deployment of industrial innovation [2][3].…”

A Negotiation Pricing Model for Innovation Services Based on the Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm

“…A 'three-step' strategy is proposed by the Chinese government in the 'Outline of the National Strategy of Innovation-Driven Development' [1], via which by 2020, China will become an innovation-oriented country; by 2030, it will be among the top innovation-oriented countries; and by 2050, it will be a world power in science and technology innovation. To realize the objective, industries with strong innovation vitality were incorporated into strategic emerging industries in China [2], which is the key to realizing the strategic deployment of industrial innovation driving [3].…”