| 来源类型 | Article |
| 规范类型 | 其他 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.respol.2004.05.005 |
| ISBN | 0048-7333 |
| Approaching the innovation frontier in Korea: the transition phase to leadership. | |
| Hobday, Michael; Rush, Howard; Bessant, John | |
| 发表日期 | 2004-12-01 |
| 出处 | Research Policy |
| 出版者 | Elsevier |
| 出版年 | 2004 |
| 页码 | 1433-1457 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | As leading East Asian latecomer firms begin to compete on the basis of new product development and in-house research and development (R&D), they appear to confront a difficult strategic dilemma. Should they compete as R&D and brand leaders on the international stage or should they continue with their tried and tested formula of low cost catch up competitiveness? Most studies of East Asian firms focus on catch up innovation processes. By contrast, this paper focuses on the challenges facing latecomer firms in the transition phase from catch up to leadership status, in order to assess the ‘strategic dilemma’ argument and examine the nature of transition innovation. Based on in-depth interviews with leading Korean firms, the paper contends that the strategic dilemma argument is a misleading oversimplification of the main innovation challenges facing most Korean firms as they become more technologically advanced. Most of the major exporters (or chaebol) offer a portfolio of products, some of which are technologically advanced and others less advanced. Corporate innovation strategies tend to be executed in relation to the needs of specific products (or closely related product families) rather than ‘the firm’ in its entirety. In addition, many firms in many product areas have yet to reach the innovation frontier stage and even the leading chaebol continue to produce large volumes of products under sub-contracting and licensing agreements. Firm strategies tend to embody a mix of leadership, ‘followership’ and latecomer positions according to the product portfolio of the company in question. The study identifies various strategic options and difficulties facing Korean firms during the transition process and points to promising future research on latecomer transition. |
| URL | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/28720/ |
| 来源智库 | Science Policy Research Unit (United Kingdom) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/467144 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hobday, Michael,Rush, Howard,Bessant, John. Approaching the innovation frontier in Korea: the transition phase to leadership.. 2004. |
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