An Investigation of Firm-Level R&D Capabilities in East Asia
dc.contributor.author | Jefferson, Gary H. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kaifeng, Zhong | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-08-01T15:55:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-08-01T15:55:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002-09-30 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | RePEc:wdi:papers:2003-583 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/39969 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This paper uses a survey of 1,826 firms distributed over ten East Asian metropolitan areas – Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Seoul, and five Chinese cities – to investigate the sources of firm-level R&D capabilities. The analysis identifies the impact of 23 survey variables, classified by openness, human capital, R&D network, and institutional quality, on the efficiency of firm R&D operations and on overall firm performance. These firmlevel results are used to construct composite measures R&D capabilities for each of the 10 metropolitan economies. Using the firm samples, returns to R&D are also estimated for each of the metropolitan areas. Where cross economy comparisons are possible, as they are for Seoul and the five Chinese cities, we find a strong association between overall R&D productivity in these city economies and the composite measures of citywide R&D capabilities. In particular, high composite measures in Seoul and Shanghai are associated with high returns to R&D in those cities. The large productivitywage gaps in the Chinese cities appear to be attracting large and visible investment in R&D operations. Whether R&D wages rise to narrow this gap or investment and technology flows continue to sustain the gap will substantially affect the pattern of R&D operations within the Asian region. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 583 | en_US |
dc.subject | Research and Development, Technology Transfer, East Asia | en_US |
dc.subject.other | 03, F23 | en_US |
dc.title | An Investigation of Firm-Level R&D Capabilities in East Asia | en_US |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Economics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Business | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/39969/3/wp583.pdf | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | William Davidson Institute (WDI) - Working Papers |
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