Cluster innovation mechanism and its external effects on China's small and medium-sized enterprises

  • Guangya Xie*
  • , Xinghan Liu
  • , Liqin Ren
  • , Koos Krabbendam
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The competitive advantage of cluster firms includes the cost (basic) and the innovation (long-term) advantages. As a new virtual organizational structure of firms, cluster could effectively combine SMEs' innovation vitality with the innovation scale economy of cluster, cultivating SMEs' distinguished innovation capabilities. This paper starts with the horizontal as well as vertical level of cooperation and competition behavior among the cluster firms. Then it explores the cluster innovation mechanism for the Chinese SMEs, and its potential external economic and non-economic effects on the Chinese SMEs. It is concluded that cluster innovation will be a feasible option for the Chinese SME industrial cluster in gaining innovation advantage in the long run. (c) 2006 PICMET.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPICMET '06 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, Proceedings Technology Management for the Global Future
Pages917-922
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Jan 2007
EventTechnology Management for the Global Future, PICMET 2006 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 8 Jul 200613 Jul 2006

Conference

ConferenceTechnology Management for the Global Future, PICMET 2006
Abbreviated titlePICMET 2006
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period8/07/0613/07/06

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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