Doing R&D and/or Importing Technologies: The Critical Importance of Firm Size in Taiwan’s Manufacturing Industries

Stéphane Robin and Chia-Lin Chang ()
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Stéphane Robin: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: We analyze the relationship between firm size and innovation inputs in Taiwan, Two inputs are considered: R&D and technology imports. Building on an existing theoretical framework, we test this relationship by estimating bivariate Tobit models in twenty 2-digit industries, using a panel of 27,754 firms observed from 1992 to 1995. We find that, in all industries, R&D intensity and/or technology imports intensity depend strongly on firm size, following an "inverted-U" pattern. Moreover, we find that most industries are only "mildly Schumpeterian". Finally, our results provide some empirical evidence for complementarity between R&D and technology imports in the innovation process.

Keywords: Firm size; Inter-industry comparisons; R&D; Technology imports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-11-21
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Published in Review of Industrial Organization, 2006, 29 (3), pp.253-278. ⟨10.1007/s11151-006-9114-8⟩

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Working Paper: Doing R&D And/Or Importing Technologies: The Critical Importance of Firm Size in Taiwan's Manufacturing Industries (2008)
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DOI: 10.1007/s11151-006-9114-8

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