Does open innovation apply to China? Exploring the contingent role of external knowledge sources and internal absorptive capacity in Chinese large firms and SMEs

Fang Huang, John Rice, Nigel Martin · 2015 · Journal of Management & Organization

Summary. Open innovation strategies work differently in China than in developed economies. Small and medium enterprises benefit most from inter-firm networking, while large firms gain advantages from university partnerships when they have strong internal capacity to absorb external knowledge. Weak domestic research expertise and limited absorptive capacity constrain Chinese firms from adopting open innovation effectively. Chinese firms should focus on building internal capabilities rather than copying the closed-to-open innovation path followed by developed countries.

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DOI

10.1017/jmo.2014.79

Countries

China

Regions

Asia

Categories

innovation-theory, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation

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2026-04-28