Abstract
This study applies a resource-based perspective to investigate how competition by informal firms affects innovation in formal firms in China. By analyzing survey data, collected from 1,686 Chinese manufacturing firms, we find that formal firms tend to increase their rate of innovation when faced with informal competition. However, formal firms’ access to increased global supply chain collaboration mitigates the challenges presented to their rate of innovation by the informal firms. We present implications for future research, practice, and policy-making.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 173-190 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | International Studies of Management and Organization |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 3 Apr 2019 |
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SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
Keywords
- China
- Informal firms
- formal firm
- global supply chain collaboration
- innovation
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How does competition by informal firms affect the innovation in formal firms?
Heredia Pérez, J. A., Yang, X., Bai, O., Flores, A. & Heredia Heredia, W., 15 Jun 2021, Global networks and innovation in China: International linkages and indigenous efforts. Tian, W. & Bu, M. (eds.). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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