Empirical Study of Capacity Building of Firms in ASEAN for Innovation

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380559
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization
• Principal Investigator: Ueki Yasushi 独立行政法人日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所, その他部局等, 海外研究員 (40450522)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TSUJI Masatsugu 兵庫県立大学, 応用情報科学研究科, 教授 (90029918)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: イノベーション / Absorptive Capacity / リンケージ / ASEAN

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The research developed models that explain the building of innovation capacity for local firms in ASEAN, and examined empirically the models by applying statistical methods. The research team utilized unique firm-level data sets constructed from questionnaire surveys of firms in ASEAN. Empirical studies show positive correlations between innovation capability and innovation performance, between external sources of technologies and innovation capability, and between external sources of technologies and innovation performance. Empirical studies focused on (1) measuring innovation capability, (2) identifying linkages that are channels of technology transfer, (3) technology transfer through interactions among buyers' and suppliers' engineers, and its spatial characteristics, (4) factors establishing interactive buyer-supplier relationships, and (5) characteristics of buyer-supplier linkages.

Free Research Field

経済学