830 research outputs found

    Alliance-based Network View on Chinese Firms' Catching-up: Case Study of Huawei Technologies Co.Ltd

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    With China's rapid economic growth in recent years, many Chinese firms especially in high-tech industries have started to technically lead in the international market. In this study, we aim to uncover the root causes that lead to Chinese firms' catching up from network perspective. By taking Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. as a case, we integrate absorptive capacity development and firm-level catching up into an alliances-based network framework. We found that network alliances with firms and universities complement each other at different catching up stages; and alliances-based network provides a springboard for Chinese firms to shorten catching up path. We argue that in Chinese context, impact of FDI on firms' performance comes into effect only if partnership is carried out; alliances with universities facilitate development of absorptive capacity at an early stage; Partnering with leading players stimulate R&D investment at a late stage and simultaneously enhance firm's innovation performance as well.Strategic alliances, Network, Chinese firms, absorptive capacity, catching up

    UNDERSTANDING MOBILE ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS: A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH

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    The mobile ecosystem consists of a heterogeneous and continuously evolving set of firms that are interconnected through a complex, global network of relationships. However, there is very little theoretical understanding how these networks emerge and evolve and no well-established methodology to study these phenomena. Traditional approaches have primarily utilized alliance data of relatively established firms; however, these approaches ignore the vast number of relevant ecosystem activities that occur at the personal, entrepreneurial, and university level. We argue and empirically illustrate that a data-driven approach, using both alliance and socially-curated datasets, can provide important complementary explanatory insights into the dynamics of the mobile ecosystem. We present our approach through two recently formed mobile ecosystem relationships – the strategic partnership between Nokia and Microsoft and Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility. Our analysis is complemented using network visualization techniques. The paper concludes with implications and future research opportunities

    Adapting to the Rise of China: How can Latin American Companies Succeed?

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    As China becomes a global economic power, Latin American companies will need to adopt winning strategies to succeed in an increasingly competitive landscape. This paper explains the main implications that the shifting power equation will have on Latin America’s economies, analysing the myths and realities concerning China’s impact on the region. It also assesses some innovative business strategies Latin American companies are adopting to respond to China’s rise, distilling an agenda for action on how companies and governments together can maximize the opportunities offered by the new international context.Latin America, China, Shifting wealth, investment, trade

    Smart Healthcare solutions in China and Europe, an international business perspective

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    The thesis is part of the Marie Curie Fellowship project addressing health related challenges with IoT solutions. The author tries to address the challenge for the implementation of telehealth solutions by finding out the demand of the telehealth solution in selected European economies and in China (chapter 1), analyzing the emerging business models for telehealth solution ecosystems in China (chapter 2), how to integrate telehealth solutions with institutional stakeholders (chapter 3) and why are elderly users willing to use telehealth solutions in China. Chapter 1 and chapter 2 form the theoretical background for empirical work in chapter 3 and chapter 4. The thesis addressed four research questions, namely “Which societal and social-economics unmet needs that Internet of Healthcare Things can help to resolve?”, “What are the business model innovation for tech companies in China for the smart health industry?”, “What are the facilitators and hurdles for implementing telehealth solutions”, “Are elderly users willing to use telehealth solutions in China?”. Both qualitative study and quantitative analysis has been made based on data collected by in depth interviews with stakeholders, focus group study work with urban and rural residents in China. The digital platform framework was used in chapter 2 as the theoretical framework where as the stakeholder power mapping framework was used in chapter 3. The discretion choice experiment was used in chapter 4 to design questionnaire study while ordered logit regression was used to analyze the data. Telehealth solutions have great potential to fill in the gap for lack of community healthcare and ensuring health continuity between home care setting, community healthcare and hospitals. There is strong demand for such solutions if they can prove the medical value in managing chronic disease by raising health awareness and lowering health risks by changing the patients’ lifestyle. Analyzing how to realize the value for preventive healthcare by proving the health-economic value of digital health solutions (telehealth solutions) is the focus of research. There remain hurdles to build trust for telehealth solutions and the use of AI in healthcare. Next step of research can also be extended to addressing such challenges by analyzing how to improve the transparency of algorithms by disclosing the data source, and how the algorithms were built. Further research can be done on data interoperability between the EHR systems and telehealth solutions. The medical value of telehealth solutions can improve if doctors could interpret data collected from telehealth solutions; furthermore, if doctors could make diagnosis and provide treatment, adjust healthcare management plans based on such data, telehealth solutions then can be included in insurance packages, making them more accessible

    Models of Innovation in Global ICT Firms: The Emerging Global Innnovation Ecosystems

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    This report focuses on the changing models of innovation adopted by some of the largest and most innovative global ICT companies in the world, including Apple, BT, Google, Microsoft, Skype, Telefonica and Vodafone. One of the main contributions of this report is to demonstrate that in order to understand these innovation models, it is necessary, at the same time to understand the dynamics of innovation at sector level. Beginning with an analysis of the innovation process in the ICT ecosystem, the author drills down into the company global innovation ecosystems that have been created by these global companies. In addition he explores some of the implications that proliferating company global innovation ecosystems have for government policy. He concludes that whilst innovation is changing the world, changing global circumstances are in turn transforming the innovation model in companies, both large and small, around the world.JRC.J.3-Information Societ

    Alliance-based network view on Chinese firms’ catching-up: case study of Huawei Technologies Co.Ltd

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    A study on the globalization strategy of Chinese IT industry :The case of Huawei

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    중국은 지난 20여년 동안 눈부신 경제성장을 이룩하였으며 그 중 IT산업의 성장은 경외로웠다. 2008년 IT산업생산액은 세계에서 미국 다음으로 2위이며 수출액에서는 세계1위를 차지하고 있다. 이 논문은 이러한 중국 IT산업이 어떤 발전전략을 사용하여 세계화에 대처해왔는가를 중국의 대표적인 IT회사인 Hwawei사의 사례연구를 통해서 분석하는 데 초점을 맞추고 있다. 먼저 중국IT기업들은 넓은 국내시장의 이점인 규모의 경제를 활용하여 경쟁력의 기초를 다졌다. 세계화가 진전됨에 따라 서구의 우수한 기술을 가진 다국적기업들이 OLI(ownership specific advantage, location specific advantage, internalization specific advantage)이점을 활용하여 직접투자 형태로 중국시장에 진출하자 중국시장 내에서 IT산업의 경쟁은 격화되었다. 지금까지 대체적으로 선진국에서 개도국에 직접투자하는 것이 일반적이었고 경쟁이 격화되면 국내기업들은 다국적 기업과 전략적 제휴하는 선에서 마무리되었다. 그러나 이런 세계화흐름에 적응하기 위해 중국IT산업은 신시장을 개척과 신기술 유입을 촉진하고 장기적인 이윤추구를 위해 다각적인 글로벌 전략을 사용하여 오히려 선진국에 직접 투자하는 새로운 투자형태를 보여주었다. Hwawei사로 대표되는 중국IT산업은 적극적으로 대내외적인 네트워크를 형성하고 FDI를 통해서 기술뿐만 아니라 세계시장에서 마케팅능력 향상, 세계화를 리드하는 인재양성 등 다각적인 목적을 실현하기 위해 세계화를 적극적으로 활용하고 있는 것으로 분석된다.In the end is the conclusion of this paper. This study advances our understanding of the role of globalization in the catch-up race of IT firm. The firms in emerging economies usually have weak technological capabilities or limited resources compared to the firms in developed economies.This paper aims at analyzing the globalization strategy of Chinese information technology (IT) industry. Based on industry trends, analyzes the development of IT in China and compares its level with that of other countries. It is well known that the high-tech industry in China plays a important role to that nation's development and to the global technological relationship. China, as a latecomer, has relatively low market share in the world market. But Chinese market is expanding rapidly so that it cannot be ignored in the global market. This paper is summarized as follows. The first chapter gives a overview of the paper including the purpose the plan of this paper. The second chapter introduces the theoretical methodology of the study. The theory of FDI used here provides a more adequate understanding of companies' operational modes as well as business strategies, especially in an extremely competitive high-tech market. The third chapter analyses the globalization strategies and processes of Chinese IT industry. It attempts to link these strategies and processes to the changing contexts of global competition and national institutions. The fourth chapter aims at providing more insights into the strategies and development of IT industry by conducting an case study of a Chinese high-tech company, Huawei Company, in the communications equipment industry. This study proposes that IT industry tend to nurture their capability in the domestic market as a base before globalization. By taking advantage of conventional FDI theories we may explain the globalization of Chinese MNEs. In terms of entry modes, it would appear that Chinese IT industry among emerging economies focuses on obtaining advanced technology only to build up global strategic linkages and seek to acquire new markets by attracting foreign ventures and buying out the foreign company through M & A. It prefers to enter markets with fewer barriers in cultural, technological, economic area and uses inward and outward linkages to complement their strengths and offset their weaknesses in the global market. This study on the globalization patterns of Chinese IT industry enriches and broadens the horizon of understanding the current IT industryContents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1.1 The background and purpose 1 1.2 The purpose 3 1.3 The plan of the paper 5 Chapter 2 A Theoretical Survey 8 2.1 Theoretical background 11 2.2 Study Methodology 15 2.3 Complement theory 17 Chapter 3 Overview of Chinese IT industry 19 3.1 Chinese Development of IT Industries 19 3.2 China and International Comparative Analysis 27 3.3 The Digital Divide of China 32 3.31 Large Gaps Exist Along Regional Development 33 3.32 Unbalanced Development 33 3.4 Research questions 34 3.41 Why are globalization theories concerned with the motives behind FDI? 34 3.42 Where do IT firms competitive advantages originate? 36 3.43 What constraints do IT firms face in their globalization? How do they deal with them and make themselves successful against the sometimes fierce resistance of DE MNEs? 38 Chapter 4 The case Study on Huawei Company 41 4.1 Overview of HuaweiCo. 41 4.2 Huawei's Motives of globalization 47 4.3 Domestic Market to Overseas Market (Establish MNE in foreign country) 50 4.31 Huawei's Pain in the U.S.EE and EU 53 4.32 Linkage, Leverage, and Learning 58 4.4 Case analysis 60 4.41 Home Country Market: Nurture Capability 62 4.42 Market Entry Sequence: Huawei's MNE in American 65 4.43 Inward-Outward Linkages: Build Up Capability 66 4.5 limitations 68 Chapter 5 Contribution and Conclusion 71 5.1 Contributions and Implications 71 5.2 Conclusion 73 References 77 Acknowledgement 7

    International Mobility of Engineers and the Rise of Entrepreneurship in the Periphery

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    entrepreneurship, knowledge economy, start-ups, information technology, venture capital, China, India, USA

    Trust and Online Interaction

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