The impact of business-government relations on firms' innovation: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing industry

Tian, Yangzi; Wang, Yupei; Xie, Xia; Jiao, Jie; Jiao, Hao

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2019.02.007

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“…Moreover, there are few studies in the available scientific literature on this economic sector in this field. Most often these are studies based on companies operating on Asian markets [5,6,11,60,61], which makes comparison difficult because the European metal production sector has one of the most stringent legal regulation systems, e.g., in the field of environmental protection, while Asian markets do not have such restrictions.…”

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“…From the organization's point of view, internal factors may result from a simple calculation of actions. Instead, external factors can result from regulations applicable to specific business activities [6] and environmental protection [7][8][9][10], level of competition, and the technology available on the market [11,12], as well as from prevailing trends, including corporate social responsibility and sustainable development [13]. It is necessary to emphasize that each factor resulting in the necessity for change, meaning to some extent improvement in the given area of activity, affects individual economic operators with a different force [11].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Management Premises and Barriers in the Metal Industry in Poland in the Context of Innovative Activity

Daroń

Górska

2019

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The metal industry is an important part of industrialized economies. It is not possible to imagine the development of such sectors as construction, automotive, or household appliance production without products of the metal sector. Moreover, metals are renewable raw materials, which is especially important for sustainable development. The main objective of the paper is to present management trends in metal market enterprises in Poland in the context of innovative activities. The paper characterizes this sector, presenting its importance for the Polish economy, and analyzes innovative activities of enterprises producing metals and metal products. To this end, domestic and international statistics were gathered and presented, supplemented with questionnaire surveys of a group of 112 enterprises from this sector. The presented results are broken down into small, medium-sized, and big enterprises, indicating differences in premises guiding enterprises when making managerial decisions in the field of innovation. Also, barriers to be overcome by metal sector enterprises differing in employment size are presented. The paper proves, e.g., that for all groups of surveyed enterprises, the process innovations are the most important, while product innovations are less important for small enterprises because this group of companies mostly manufactures very simple basic metal products.

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Management Premises and Barriers in the Metal Industry in Poland in the Context of Innovative Activity

Daroń

Górska

2019

Sustainability

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“…The literature suggests several firms' resources that could affect the probability of creating innovation, such as financial capacity (Lorenz, 2014;Mahendra et al, 2015), knowledge (Kogut & Zander, 1992;Grant, 1996), political connection (Tian et al, 2019), and networking (Pittaway et al, 2004;Leyden et al, 2014). Although previous studies did not test the direct relationship between the four resources and marketing innovation, since all types of inno-vation imply new risky and costly changes in business activities, this research revisits the impacts of these resources on marketing innovation.…”

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Determinants of marketing innovation among SMEs in Vietnam: a resource-based and stakeholder perspective

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Hoang

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Innovative marketing practices are essential for firms to increase sales and profitability. This paper aims to investigate the determinants of firms’ marketing innovation based on the employment of resource-based view and stakeholder theory. A probit regression model linking marketing innovation with proxies of firms’ resources and pressures from firms’ stakeholders was tested based on a dataset of 5,857 Vietnamese enterprises taken from a survey by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam in 2016. The findings indicate that firms’ size decreases the probability of marketing innovation by 1%, while internal knowledge gained from internal R&amp;D causes the probability of marketing innovation to increase by 0.18%. Besides, the political connection and collaborations with competitors and private consultants drive the probability that firms implement the marketing innovation up by 0.09%, 0.12%, and 0.09%, respectively. On the other hand, export-oriented firms are more likely to implement marketing innovation by 0.03%, while foreign ownership reduces the chance of this decision by 0.05%. This research also reveals the essential role of the firm’s market pressures to enter into new markets or improve product quality in encouraging marketing innovation by 0.16% and 0.13%, respectively. AcknowledgmentThis research was supported by National Economics University, Grant Number: 343-QĐ-ĐHKTQD.

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“…Guanxi networks are formed with different backgrounds, such as friendship, kinship, surname, acquaintanceship, and native origin (Guo & Miller, 2010). Comparatively, Chinese entrepreneurs have a stronger tendency to interact with people, especially with government officials (Tian et al, 2019;Chen et al, 2013). Guanxi is an unavoidable lubricant in business relationships that helps entrepreneurs develop their business and sustain competitive advantage (Chen et al, 2015).…”

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The role of instrumental guanxi in the relation between entrepreneurs’ social competence and firms’ financial performance: A comparative study

Bari

Mahmood

Qurrah-tul-ain

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Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

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Even though many studies have examined the role of instrumental guanxi in the formation and development of entrepreneurship, how instrumental guanxi and social competence support entrepreneurs in enhancing firm financial performance (FFP) has not been investigated. Thus, this study investigates the relationship between entrepreneurs' social competence and FFP in the textile industry of China and Pakistan to examine how instrumental guanxi mediates the said relationship. In Studies 1 and 2, 251 Chinese and 270 Pakistani entrepreneurs, respectively, were randomly selected. The partial least square structural equation modelling approach was employed to evaluate the data. In Study 1, social perception, impression management, and expressiveness have a positive and significant impact on FFP. Moreover, instrumental guanxi partially mediates the impact of all dimensions of social competence except social perception. In Study 2, impression management, persuasiveness, and expressiveness have a positive and significant impact on FFP, and instrumental guanxi partially mediates the impact of social adaptability on FFP. Given the competitive advantage theory, both groups of entrepreneurs can mutually support and enhance their social competence as well as FFP.

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The impact of business-government relations on firms' innovation: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing industry

Cited by 70 publications

References 51 publications

Management Premises and Barriers in the Metal Industry in Poland in the Context of Innovative Activity

Management Premises and Barriers in the Metal Industry in Poland in the Context of Innovative Activity

Determinants of marketing innovation among SMEs in Vietnam: a resource-based and stakeholder perspective

The role of instrumental guanxi in the relation between entrepreneurs’ social competence and firms’ financial performance: A comparative study

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