Ownership domination in standardization: Evidence from Chinese industrial firms

Xiaolu Liu and Honglin Li

Telecommunications Policy, 2016, vol. 40, issue 2, 225-241

Abstract: This paper empirically analyzes how ownership affects firms׳ participation in formulating Chinese national standards and trade standards using a large dataset of Chinese industrial firms. Overall examinations show that foreign enterprises are less likely to participate in drafting standards than domestic firms, whereas state-owned enterprises do not have significant advantages over domestic firms of other ownerships in formulating standards. Further extending the study to consider industrial heterogeneity, we find that ownership domination of domestic firms over foreign firms is more serious in formulating trade and voluntary high-tech standards, but is not significant in the case of national and compulsory high-tech standards. This implies that China׳s standards system seems to be more market-oriented and more communicative with foreign players in its essential areas.

Keywords: Ownership domination; Standardization; Chinese standards strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2015.09.007

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