Structured uncertainty: a pilot study on innovation in China’s mobile phone handset industry

Tang, Li; Murphree, Michael; Breznitz, Dan

doi:10.1007/s10961-015-9432-9

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“…The 2006 “National Medium‐ and Long‐Term Program for Science and Technology Development” set domains and targets for investment and industry development. Local and provincial programs also play major roles in subsidization, especially for small and medium enterprises (Li et al, 2016; Murphree et al, 2016).…”

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The more the merrier? Chinese government R&D subsidies, dependence, and firm innovation performance

Murphree

Meng

et al. 2021

J of Product Innov Manag

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With the understanding that innovation and high technology industries are essential for sustained economic development, government R&D subsidies have become ubiquitous. However, existing studies on the impact of R&D subsidies have found mixed or conflicting results. Insights from resource dependence theory (RDT) and the Attention‐Based View (ABV) help account for these discrepancies. This study of Chinese high technology firms using the Innovation‐Oriented Firms Database from the Ministry of Science and Technology, finds an inverted U‐shaped relationship between R&D subsidies and innovation performance. The article shows that high government resource dependency, expressed through high percentage of R&D spending coming from government subsidies, diverts attention resources in recipient firms and results in declining innovation performance. The article then tests the impacts of different managerial responses on the dependency‐innovation relationship and find that technology alliances and employee feedback systems mitigate these negative effects. These findings have implications for government innovation policies and firm‐level responses to those policies: government subsidy policies have limits to their effectiveness and firms have strategic options for capitalizing on government resources without sacrificing innovativeness.

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The more the merrier? Chinese government R&D subsidies, dependence, and firm innovation performance

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Meng

et al. 2021

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“…Gray market, also known as parallel market, refers to trade of a product through distribution channels that are unofficial, unauthorized or unintended by the original manufacturer. Tang et al (2016) endorsed the implicit presence of gray market, for mobile handset industry. Kervenoael et al (2013) highlighted the existence of gray market as barrier to policy implications in mobile gaming market.…”

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Total Interpretive Structural Modeling (TISM): approach and application

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Thakur

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the methodology of total interpretive structural modeling (TISM) in order to provide interpretation for direct as well as significant transitive linkages in a directed graph. Design/methodology/approach This study begins by unfolding the concepts and advantages of TISM. The step-by-step methodology of TISM is exemplified by employing it to analyze the mutual dependence among inhibitors of smartphone manufacturing ecosystem development (SMED). Cross-impact matrix multiplication applied to the classification analysis is also performed to graphically represent these inhibitors based on their driving power and dependence. Findings This study highlights the significance of TISM over conventional interpretive structural modeling (ISM). The inhibitors of SMED are explored by reviewing existing literature and obtaining experts’ opinions. TISM is employed to classify these inhibitors in order to devise a five-level hierarchical structure based on their driving power and dependence. Practical implications This study facilitates decision makers to take required actions to mitigate these inhibitors. Inhibitors (with strong driving power), which occupy the bottom level in the TISM hierarchy, require more attention from top management and effective monitoring of these inhibitors can assist in achieving the organizations’ goals. Originality/value By unfolding the benefits of TISM over ISM, this study is an endeavor to develop insights toward utilization of TISM for modeling inhibitors of SMED. This paper elaborates step-by-step procedure to perform TISM and hence makes it simple for researchers to understand its concepts. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that analyzes the inhibitors of SMED by utilizing TISM approach.

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“…Differently, Gasbarro [57], by examining sustainability within the case of institutional entrepreneurship, identified a direct relationship between the final customer and strategic partnerships as instruments to increase legitimacy within the normative and cultural-cognitive institutions and subsequently in the regulative institutions. Other studies, despite covering the sustainability issue in business models, either focus on just one pillar (e.g., economic sustainability [58]; environmental sustainability [21]) or go into specific contexts, such as start-ups. For instance, Bocken [59] focused on the role that venture capitalists have on business model sustainability of start-ups according to the TBL, in particular in improving the balance of financial/social/environmental returns.…”

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Sustainable Business Models of SMEs: Challenges in Yacht Tourism Sector

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Despite the high number of active small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in all sectors, current studies have barely developed investigations on the sustainability of their business models so far. The aim of this study was thus to bridge the gap between sustainable business models of SMEs in the service industry, to uncover the challenges that SMEs face when seeking business model reconfiguration toward sustainability. More specifically, the empirical investigation adopted a case study research design in the context of yacht tourism, as one business form among many within the tourism industry and thus within the broader category of the service industry. Interviews were conducted with seven European SMEs, whose business models were analyzed through the lens of the triple bottom line and sustainability challenges in their business models. The results display a varied typology of case studies, where business model components reveal diverse expressions of facing sustainability challenges. The work discusses reported findings with a cross-case comparison among detected business models and outlines a list of propositions for sustainable business models of SMEs. The paper contributes in continuing the discourse on sustainable business models, adopting the perspective of the challenges for SMEs and offers food for thought for managers of SMEs in comparing their own business with the identified business model types.

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Structured uncertainty: a pilot study on innovation in China’s mobile phone handset industry

Cited by 14 publications

References 55 publications

The more the merrier? Chinese government R&D subsidies, dependence, and firm innovation performance

The more the merrier? Chinese government R&D subsidies, dependence, and firm innovation performance

Total Interpretive Structural Modeling (TISM): approach and application

Sustainable Business Models of SMEs: Challenges in Yacht Tourism Sector

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