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Managing Foreign R&D in the P. R. of China
Type
dissertation project
Start Date
01 November 2004
End Date
31 December 2005
Status
completed
Description
Production-based FDI was the main driver of the China's economical growth and modernisation during its liberalization. However, foreign firms investing in China were only minimally engaged in R&D activity. With the increasing development of higher value-added activities, an increasing number of MNCs have revised their attitudes towards local R&D in recent years. The main reason was that many MNCs have recognized the strategic importance of installing R&D in China. Although R&D internationalization has absorbed the attention of scholars for more than a decade, there is little knowledge on the R&D internationalization of a transitioning economy such as China. This research project endeavours to provide an understanding for this recent phenomenon by first investigating motivations, barriers and patterns of MNC's R&D activities in China. Also, since China as an emerging market is characterised by its high levels of uncertainty and fast moving markets, the R&D units' capabilities to achieve competitive advantage in this dynamic environment are essential to the MNC's successes. Thus, the second aim of this research is to explore the Dynamic Capabilities (DC) of foreign R&D activities in China and to contribute to the body of knowledge linking both academic disciplines of R&D and strategic management. This research is to provide new insights for the strategic rationale of R&D operations in emerging markets for academia and practitioners alike.
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Method(s)
in-depth expert interview
case study
participant observation
Notes
Aufenthaltsort: China Europe International Business School, China
Referent: Prof. Dr. Li-Choy Chong (ARC-HSG)
Referent: Prof. Dr. Li-Choy Chong (ARC-HSG)
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Eprints ID
18156
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PublicationDynamic capabilities in R&D Management - How to identify?( 2005-07-07)Why does corporate R&D perform differently? The Dynamic Capability (DC) theory could be a useful conceptual lens to focus on why some firms consistently outperform within a dynamic environment. However research in this area is still spare. This paper seeks to summarize state of the art research on the DC theory especially works linking with R&D management. It discusses important fundamentals which require to be taken into closer consideration in future research of DC in R&D such as the emergence of multilayered dynamism in R&D management. Our literature review suggests paying more attention to specific micro processes and drivers behind these capabilities in order to understand the formation of DC. It also points out that modern R&D management has developed into an integrated management field comprising a wide variety of complementary management issues offering novel opportunities for DC building. The emergence of ‘higher order' capability i.e. DC could follow an evolutionary path.Type: conference paper