Research on the relationship between technology distance and subsequent development of technological diversification

Wang Yuandi, Liu Fengchao, Chen Jing, Huang Jiashun

Science Research Management ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2) : 11-18.

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Science Research Management ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2) : 11-18.

Research on the relationship between technology distance and subsequent development of technological diversification

  • Wang Yuandi1,2, Liu Fengchao3, Chen Jing2, Huang Jiashun1
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This study is determined to explore the technological diversification phenomenon through technology licensing-ins pertaining to Chinese indigenous firms. Various data sources are used in the empirical analyses of 181 Chinese home-grown firms which are engaged in technology licensing-in activities during 2000-2005, i.e. the registered records of patent technology licensing agreements and patent applications by the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China, and the annual survey of all Large- and Medium-scale companies by the National Bureau of Statistics. Through a Tobit model in the statistic analyses, it has been found that: (1) technology licensing-ins across a wider technology domain negatively impact licensee firms' subsequent technological diversification development; (2) technology licensing-ins across a longer geography distance, i.e. from advanced economies positively influence licensee firms' subsequent technological diversification development; (3) licensed-in technologies from a relative longer temporal distance exhibit a reverse "U" relationship with licensee firms' subsequent technological diversification development.

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technological diversification / technology licensing / technology search / innovation / patent

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Wang Yuandi, Liu Fengchao, Chen Jing, Huang Jiashun. Research on the relationship between technology distance and subsequent development of technological diversification[J]. Science Research Management. 2015, 36(2): 11-18
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