THE CONSTRUCTION OF INNOVATION NETWORKS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES OF INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS IN CHINA

Xiaobo Wu (), Zhigang Gu () and Wei Zhang ()
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Xiaobo Wu: School of Management, Zhejiang University, Gudun Road, Hangzhou, China, 310058, China
Zhigang Gu: School of Management, Zhejiang University, Gudun Road, Hangzhou, China, 310058, China
Wei Zhang: School of Management, Zhejiang University, Gudun Road, Hangzhou, China, 310058, China

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2008, vol. 05, issue 02, 179-199

Abstract: Innovation network has been viewed as one of the most important means in improving technological capabilities for decades. Based on literature review, this paper presents a conceptual model on the relationships between the construction of innovation networks and the development of technological capabilities of industrial clusters in China. Applying this model we conduct a case study on reviewing history path of Zhejiang Haining leather industrial cluster. Conclusions can be drawn as follows: firstly, industrial clusters in China take on specific paradigm for technology acquisition by constructing external innovation networks; secondly, assimilation of acquired external technology resources and their translation into technological capabilities of clustered firms need support from internal innovation networks of industrial clusters; thirdly, quasi-external network, as a nexus between external and internal innovation networks of industrial clusters supported by collective learning, helps promote the effective development of technological capabilities of industrial clusters in China.

Keywords: Industrial cluster; technological capability; innovation network; collective learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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