Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Sharif, Naubahar
Author-Email: sosn@ust.hk
Author-Workplace-Name: Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of
	 Science and Technology
Author-Name: Huang, Can
Author-Email: huang@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
Title: Innovation strategy, firm survival and relocation: The case of Hong Kong-owned 
	 manufacturing in Guangdong province, China 
Abstract: Based on a survey adapted from the Fourth European Community Innovation 
	 Survey (CIS-4), this study finds that, in the changing manufacturing 
	 environment of Guangdong province in China, Hong Kong-owned businesses 
	 that generate a higher share in new product sales as a percentage of 
	 total sales or engage in R&D or collaborative innovation activities in 
	 China are more likely to survive and remain in Guangdong. The study 
	 fills a gap in the literature by investigating the effects of innovation 
	 on the survival and relocation of Hong Kong-owned manufacturing firms in 
	 Guangdong. The results support policy initiatives that strengthen 
	 collaborative ties among key innovation system actors.
Classification-JEL: D21, L25, L52, O31, R11
Keywords: Innovation, Survival, Relocation, Community Innovation Survey, Asia,
	 China
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2010
Number: 2010-052
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2010/wp2010-052.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2010052