Technological Capability Growth and Performance Outcome: Foreign Versus Local Firms in China

• Published in: Journal of international marketing (East Lansing, Mich.) Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 1 - 16
• Main Authors: Ju, Min, Zhou, Kevin Zheng, Gao, Gerald Yong, Lu, Jiangyong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago American Marketing Association 01.01.2013; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Business structures; Corporate strategies; Economic resources; Economic uncertainty; Emerging markets; Financial investments; Financial performance; Growth rate; High tech industries; Industrial concentration; Intellectual property; Intellectual property law; International financial management; Marketing; Studies; Technological change; China

This study examines the growth and performance impact of technological capability (TC) in China. The authors posit that foreign and local firms exhibit different TC growth patterns and that TC has differential performance effects for these two types of firms. From a multilevel analysis of five-year...