Asia's national innovation systems: Institutional adaptability and rigidity in the face of global innovation challenges

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 589-609

  Dodgson, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia; Institutional adaptation and rigidity; National innovation systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349285241     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9105-4     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. Alvarez, S. A., & Barney, J. B. 2001. How entrepreneurial firms can benefit from alliances with large partners. Academy of Management Executive, 15(1): 139-148.
2. Baumol, W. 2002. The free-market innovation machine: Analyzing the growth miracle of capitalism. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
3. Berger, S., & Dore, R. (Eds.) 1996. National diversity and global capitalism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
4. Biggart, N., & Guillen, M. 1999. Developing difference: Social oranization and the rise of the auto industries of South Korea, Taiwan, Spain and Argentina. American Sociological Review, 64(5): 722-747.
5. Boyer, R. 1996. The convergence hypothesis revisited: Globalization but still the century of nations. In S. Berger & R. Dore (Eds.). National diversity and global capitalism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
6. Bruton, G., Ahlstrom, D., & Yeh, K. S. 2004. Understanding venture capital in East Asia: The impact of institutions on the industry today and tomorrow. Journal of World Business, 39: 72-88.
7. Carney, M., & Gedajlovic, E. 2003. Strategic innovation and the administrative heritage of East Asian Chinese family business groups. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 20(1): 5-26.
8. Chang, S.-J. 2006. Business groups in East Asia: Post-crisis restructuring and new growth. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 23(4): 407-418.
9. Chang, Y.-H., Chen, M.-H., Hua, M., & Yang, P. 2005. Industrializing academic knowledge in Taiwan. Research Technology Management, 45(4): 45-50.
10. Chen, M. 1995. Asian management systems: Chinese, Japanese and Korean styles of business. London: Routledge.
11. Chen, R., & Martin, M. J. 2001. Foreign expansion of small firms: The impact of domestic alternatives and prior foreign business involvement. Journal of Business Venturing, 16(6): 557-574.
12. Chen, T.-J., & Lee, J. 2004. The new knowledge economy of Taiwan. Cheltenham: Elgar.
13. Dacin, M. T., Goodstein, J., & Scott, W. R. 2002. Institutional theory and institutional change: Introduction to the special research forum. Academy of Management Journal, 45(1): 45-57.
14. DiMaggio, P. J., & Powell, W. W. 1983. The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational field. American Sociological Review, 48(2): 147-160.
15. Development Center for Biotechnology 2005. Tapei: MOEA.
16. Dodgson, M. 2000a. Policies for science, technology and innovation in Asian newly industrializing economies. In L. Kim & R. R. Nelson (Eds.). Technology, learning and innovation: 229-268. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
17. Dodgson, M. 2000b. Innovation policies in East Asia. In P. Conceicao, D. V. Gibson, M. Heitor & S. Shariq (Eds.). Science, technology and innovation policy: 399-416. Westport: Quorum 1.
18. Dodgson, M. 2007. Technological collaboration. In H. Hanusch & A. Pyka (Eds.). Elgar companion to neo-schumpeterian economics: 193-200. Cheltenham: Elgar.
19. Dodgson, M., & Kim, Y. 1997. Learning to innovate: Korean style-the case of Samsung. International Journal of Innovation Management, 1(1): 53-67.
20. Dodgson, M., Gann, D., & Salter, A. 2005. Think, play, do: Technology, innovation and organizationOxford: Oxford University Press.
21. Dodgson, M., Gann, D., & Salter, A. 2008a. The management of technological innovation: Strategy and practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
22. Dodgson, M., Matthews, J., & Kastelle, T. 2006. The evolving role of research consortia in East Asia. Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice, 8(1-2): 84-101.
23. Dodgson, M., Mathews, J., Kastelle, T., & Hu, M.-C. 2008b. The evolution of Taiwan's national innovation system. Research Policy, 37: 430-445.
24. Dore, R. 2000. Stock market capitalism: Welfare capitalism: Japan and Germany versus the Anglo-Saxons. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
25. Economist Intelligence Unit 2003. Taiwan finance: venture capital funds support local start-ups. EIU Views Wire, March 3, 2003.
26. Fagerberg, J. 2005. Innovation: A guide to the literature. In J. Fagerberg, D. Mowery & R. Nelson (Eds.). The Oxford handbook of innovation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
27. Freeman, C. 1987. Technology policy and economic performance: Lessons from Japan. London: Pinter.
28. Gu, S., & Lundvall, B. A. 2006. China's innovation system and the move toward harmonious growth and endogneous innovation. Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice, 8(1-2): 1-26.
29. Hall, P. A., & Soskice, D. 2001. Varieties of capitalism: The institutional foundations of comparative advantage. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
30. Hoang, H., & Antoncic, B. 2003. Network-based research in entrepreneurship: A critical review. Journal of Business Venturing, 18(2): 165-187.
31. Hobday, M., Rush, H., & Bessant, J. 2004. Approaching the innovation frontier in Korea: The transition phase to leadership. Research Policy, 33(10): 1433-1457.
32. Hofstede, G. 2001. Cultural consequences: International differences in work-related values. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
33. Hu, M.-C., & Mathews, J. A. 2005. Innovative capacity in Asia. Research Policy, 34(9): 1322-1349.
34. Kim, L. 1997. Imitation to innovation: The dynamic of Korea's technological learning. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
35. Kim, L., & Nelson, R. R. 2000. Technology, learning and innovation: Experiences of newly industrializing economies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
36. Kim, S., & Lee, K. 2000. Characteristics and economic efficiency of the venture companies in Korea: Comparison with the chaebols and other traditional firms. Seoul Journal of Economics, 3(3): 335-360.
37. Lall, S., & Urata, S. 2003. Competitiveness, FDI and technological activity in East Asia. Cheltenham: Elgar.
38. Lee, S. M., & Peterson, S. J. 2000. Culture, entrepreneurial orientation, and global competitiveness. Journal of World Business, 35(4): 401-416.
39. Lundvall, B. A. 1992. National system of innovation: Towards a theory of innovation and interactive learning. London: Pinter.
40. Lundvall, B. A., Intarakumnerd, P., & Vang, J. 2006. Asia's innovation systems in transition. Cheltenham: Elgar.
41. Lundvall, B. A., Johnson, B., Andersen, E. S., & Dalum, B. 2002. National systems of production, innovation and competence building. Research Policy, 31(2): 213-231.
42. Mathews, J. A. 2005. Strategy and the crystal cycle. California Management Review, 47(2): 6-32.
43. Mathews, J. A., & Cho, D.-S. 2000. Tiger of a semiconductor industry in East Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
44. McKinsey Quarterly 2005. Asia's next export: Innovation. New York: McKinsey Quarterly.
45. Nelson, R. R. 1993. National innovation systems: A comparative analysis. New York: Oxford University Press.
46. North, D. C. 1990. Institutions, institutional change and economic performance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
47. OECD 1997. National innovation systems. Paris: OECD.
48. OECD 1999. Managing national innovation systems: 118. Paris: OECD.
49. OECD 2005. Main science and technology indicators. Paris: OECD.
50. OECD 2007. Main science and technology indicators. Paris: OECD.
51. Patel, P., & Pavitt, K. 1994. National innovation systems: Why they are important, and how they might be measured and compared. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 3: 77-95.
52. Phillips, N., Lawrence, T., & Hardy, C. 2000. Inter-organizational collaboration and the dynamics of institutional fields. Journal of Managment Studies, 37(1): 22-43.
53. Rush, H., Hobday, M., Bessant, J., Arnold, E., & Murray, R. 1996. Technology institutes: Strategies for best practice. London: International Thomson Business Press.
54. Sakakibara, M., & Dodgson, M. 2003. Strategic research partnerships: Empirical evidence from Asia. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 15(2): 227-246.
55. Schilling, M. A. 2005. Strategic management of technological innovation. New York: McGraw-Hill.
56. Sigurdson, J. 2005. Technological superpower China. Cheltenham: Elgar.
57. Singh, K. 2007. The limited relevance of culture to strategy. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 24: 421-428.
58. Stake, R. E. 2003. Case studies. In N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.). Handbook of qualitative research: (2nd ed.). 134-164. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
59. STIC 2004. Knowledge and Innovation 2004 Report. Taipei: Science, Technology and Innovation Centre.
60. UNESCO 2006. Institute for statistics: Science and technology. Geneva: UNESCO.
61. UNCTAD 2000. New approaches to science and technology cooperation and capacity building. New York: UNCTAD.
62. Wade, R. 2004. Governing the market: Economic theory and the role of government in East Asian industrialization. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
63. Wong, P.-K. 1995. Competing in the global electronics industry: A comparative study of the innovation networks of Singapore and Taiwan. Journal of Industry Studies, 2(2): 35-60.
64. Zahra, S. A. 2005. A theory of international new ventures: A decade of research. Journal of International Business Studies, 36(1): 20-28.
65. Zhang, M., & Dodgson, M. 2007a. A roasted duck can still fly away: A case study of technology, nationality, culture and the rapid and early internationalization of the firm. Journal of World Business, 42: 336-349.
66. Zhang, M., & Dodgson, M. 2007b. High-tech entrepreneurship in Asia: Innovation, industry and institutional dynamics in mobile payments. Cheltenham: Elgar.