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The role of inter-firm relationships in the technological catching-up of the chinese telecommunications industry : some paradoxes highlighted

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  • Pierre Vialle

    (CEMANTIC - Centre d'Études et de recherches en Management et TIC - TEM - Télécom Ecole de Management - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris], IMT-BS - MMS - Département Management, Marketing et Stratégie - TEM - Télécom Ecole de Management - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris])

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Inter-organisational relationships with established foreign incumbents in a position to transfer valuable knowledge have been identified as a way to foster a process of technological catching-up in emerging economies. Chinese policy has incited the creation of joint ventures between research centres, domestic firms and foreign firms, as a centrepiece of its catching-up policy. In this paper we analyse the role played by inter-firm relationships in knowledge transfer and creation in the context of the Chinese telecommunications industry, and in particular of the network equipment industry. We first present a literature review in order to understand the role of inter-firms relationships in transferring knowledge. We then analyse the role played by inter-organisational arrangements such as partnerships and Joint-Ventures between foreign and Chinese telecommunications firms in the Chinese catching up process. We conclude by discussing some paradoxes arising from this case of networks triggered by public policy.

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  • Pierre Vialle, 2008. "The role of inter-firm relationships in the technological catching-up of the chinese telecommunications industry : some paradoxes highlighted," Post-Print hal-02515929, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02515929
    DOI: 10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654359
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