 A latecomer firm's R&D collaboration with advanced country universities and research institutes: The case of Huawei in GermanyIngo Liefner, Yue-fang Si and Kerstin Schäfer Technovation, 2019, vol. 86-87, 3-14 Abstract: Innovative latecomer firms are frequently examined for their international knowledge-seeking behavior and approaches towards fast technological learning. Within this line of research, however, little attention has been paid to latecomer firms' collaborative R&D with universities and research institutes (URI) in advanced economies. This paper examines the case of Huawei's collaborative R&D activities with German URI. It finds that in this latecomer case, the aims and the organization of collaboration differ markedly from the standard assumptions regarding university-industry collaboration with established firms: Huawei's collaborative R&D projects are aimed at fast and unidirectional technology absorption, involve a high degree of control and do not seek long-term personal interaction. The manifestation of these characteristics, however, changes over time. With these findings, this paper adds a new perspective to the literature on university-industry collaboration and to the literature on latecomer firms' knowledge-seeking behavior. Keywords: Latecomer firm; University industry collaboration; Technology transfer; Huawei; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:techno:v:86-87:y:2019:i::p:3-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2019.03.002 Access Statistics for this article Technovation is currently edited by Jonathan Linton More articles in Technovation from Elsevier |
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