Technology Catch-up with Chinese Characteristics
What Can Southeast Asia Learn from China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10475627 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kee Cheok Cheong (University of Malaya, corresponding author), Chan Yuan Wong (University of Malaya, corresponding author), Kim Leng Goh (0000-0002-2367-8303, University of Malaya, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 667-681 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Round Table (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-8533 • E-ISSN: 1465-4008 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00358533.2016.1246853 |
| OpenAlex | W2544467224 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 21 |
China’s technological progress is as spectacular as the growth of its economy since 1978. Technology indicators place China just behind the United States, which has a much higher per capita income. China’s progress is material to Southeast Asia because its per capita income, being similar to that of the Association of South East Asian Nation’s, will have considerable relevance for this region; and China’s technological advance will probably intensify competition between its products and Southeast Asian exports. Yet China possesses features that are arguably unique, the most important being its size and the role of the state. The strategies discussed here—technology alliances with foreign firms, learning by exporting through participation in global supply chains, indigenous innovation aided by the state’s heavy hand, forward engineering through institutionalized commercialization of university- and research institute-based research and development, technology acquisition through mergers and acquisitions, and cost innovation through novel methods of cutting costs—all leverage China’s specific characteristics. Even without these characteristics, Southeast Asian countries, early in the catch-up process, can emulate China’s initial strategies such as technology outsourcing. For more developed Southeast Asia, China’s methods to strengthen technological capacity are important lessons
Business · China · Commercialization · Competition (biology · Development economics · East Asia · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Indigenous · International trade · Leverage (statistics · Outsourcing · Per capita · Per capita income · Population · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Global trade and economics · International Development and Aid · Marketing
Industrial Policy and Development
Technological regimes, catching-up and leapfrogging
Technical change and economic theory
State Policies, Enterprise Dynamism, and Innovation System in Shanghai, China
Diffusion of Catching-up Industrialization Strategies
The Impact of China on Low and Middle Income Countries’ Export Prices in Industrial-Country Markets
Synchronizing Export Orientation with Import Substitution
The Role of Foreign Technology and Indigenous Innovation in the Emerging Economies
Local ‘Test Bed’ Market Demand in the Transition to Leadership
China's Competitive Performance
Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |