Firms’ Supply Chain Integration, R&D Collaboration, and Impact on Competitiveness: Evidence from Czechia

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F24%3A10486609" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/24:10486609 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=UcnRAzBaFa" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=UcnRAzBaFa</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13132-023-01242-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s13132-023-01242-8</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Firms’ Supply Chain Integration, R&D Collaboration, and Impact on Competitiveness: Evidence from Czechia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper aims to reveal associations between firm strategies for vertical supply chain integration and strategy for horizontal R&amp;D collaboration through the analysis of four Czech regions. Drawing on evolutionary economic geography and global production networks literature, we applied a combinatorial and dynamic view on firms&apos; supply chain integration, R&amp;D collaboration, and impact on competitiveness. Conceptually, we argue that companies not only produce and sell goods at different levels (global, national, regional), but are located in differently developed regions and innovation systems with different institutional qualities. Therefore, various modes of engagement within vertical supply chains and at the same time different R&amp;D collaboration strategies influence competitiveness of firms. Empirically, we revealed that the vertical integration strategy drives levels of regional R&amp;D collaboration for a firm. It turns out that globally more connected and technologically sophisticated firms are not highly interconnected by R&amp;D collaboration within regional/national innovation systems. Moreover, technologically capable firms with little or no R&amp;D collaboration may be highly profitable on average, but they are vulnerable in the long run. Furthermore, an intensive involvement in R&amp;D collaboration had the highest resistance towards economic shocks. We also found statistically significant positive relationship with medium R&amp;D collaboration and productivity of firms.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Firms’ Supply Chain Integration, R&D Collaboration, and Impact on Competitiveness: Evidence from Czechia

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper aims to reveal associations between firm strategies for vertical supply chain integration and strategy for horizontal R&amp;D collaboration through the analysis of four Czech regions. Drawing on evolutionary economic geography and global production networks literature, we applied a combinatorial and dynamic view on firms&apos; supply chain integration, R&amp;D collaboration, and impact on competitiveness. Conceptually, we argue that companies not only produce and sell goods at different levels (global, national, regional), but are located in differently developed regions and innovation systems with different institutional qualities. Therefore, various modes of engagement within vertical supply chains and at the same time different R&amp;D collaboration strategies influence competitiveness of firms. Empirically, we revealed that the vertical integration strategy drives levels of regional R&amp;D collaboration for a firm. It turns out that globally more connected and technologically sophisticated firms are not highly interconnected by R&amp;D collaboration within regional/national innovation systems. Moreover, technologically capable firms with little or no R&amp;D collaboration may be highly profitable on average, but they are vulnerable in the long run. Furthermore, an intensive involvement in R&amp;D collaboration had the highest resistance towards economic shocks. We also found statistically significant positive relationship with medium R&amp;D collaboration and productivity of firms.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA19-03754S" target="_blank" >GA19-03754S: Výzkum zapojení firem do globálních produkčních sítí: regionální a odvětvová analýza firem působících v České republice</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of the Knowledge Economy

ISSN

1868-7865

e-ISSN

1868-7873

Svazek periodika

15

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

24

Strana od-do

5817-5840

Kód UT WoS článku

000977727300003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85153759288