Impact Of Technological Capability Research Articles

Impact of Technological Capability on Competitive Advantage of Selected Industrial Firms in South-East, Nigeria

The study focused on the impact of technological capability on competitive advantage of selected industrial firms in South-East, Nigeria. The objective of the study was to examine the effect of technological capability on competitive advantage of selected industrial firms in South-East, Nigeria:. The study adopted survey research design. The population of the study was 10420 selected industrial firms in South-East, Nigeria. A sample size of 385 (Three hundred and eighty-five) was drawn from the population using Taro yamani statistical formula. One hypothesis was formulated and tested with Simple Linear Regression model.. The major findings in the study showed that: there is a significant effect of technological capability on competitive advantage of selective industrial firms in South-East, Nigeria;. Hence, we concluded that new knowledge and new technology generated from R&D activities increase competitive advantage, not only at the firm’s level, but also at the industry and national levels and that successful investments in R&D result in innovative products and services that enable the company to improve its sales revenue. We, therefore, recommended that for firms in the clusters to be strong collaborators and boost marketing alliances, there is a need to upgrade their activities relating to cost efficiency, quality, variety/diversification, responsiveness, acceptance of entrepreneurial risks, and a positive attitude towards change and innovation. These factors alone do not give a competitive advantage, but represent prerequisites for surviving in a globalized market., among others

The impact of technological capability on MSME innovation: a case study of Vietnam

ABSTRACT This paper explores the dynamic complementary interaction between investment in technological capability and investment in specific innovation projects based on a decision model of innovation, using Vietnamese MSME data. The empirical results show that firm size, technological capability and current specific R&D investment have a positive impact on innovation. Firm age was positive but not significant, implying that conscious technological effort may be more important for innovation than passive learning by doing. The combination of significant economies of scale and technological capability imply that government assistance for firms with low technological capability maybe important, but government assistance is shown to be either insufficient or ineffective. Results from this paper suggest that government policy aimed at facilitating increases in firm size and providing technical extension services would be more constructive than merely providing R&D subsidies to MSMEs.

The Impact of Technological Capability on Financial Performance in the Semiconductor Industry

The modern semiconductor industry is going through rapid changes as new markets and technologies appear. In this paper, such technology-intensive firms’ relationship between technological capability and financial performance is analyzed with regression analysis. Revenue and market capitalization are used as dependent variables. For the independent variables, the technological intensity, technological diversity, technological asset, and technological efficiency are used. The analysis results revealed different effects of technological capability on financial performance. Also, regression analysis is conducted by dividing firms into high and low groups based on technological asset and technological efficiency, and the analysis result revealed different effects of technological intensity and technological diversity on financial performance. For technological asset, the financial performance in the high group is affected more by technological intensity, and the financial performance in the low group is affected more by technological diversity. For technological efficiency, only the financial performance in the high group is affected by technological intensity. Although both groups’ financial performance is somewhat affected by technological diversity, there was no statistically significant differences between the groups. By separating the effect of technological capability on financial performance, this research can provide more detailed analysis results compared to previous literature and the methods of managing technological capability for semiconductor firms.

The impact of technological capability on manufacturing companies: A review

Building technological capability (TC) is a long‐term process that must be planned carefully to achieve the desired results. Therefore, companies should increase their effort to maintain technological interactions with other companies and gain competitive advantages. This study aims to review the literature in the field of TC and provide a conceptual framework that highlights the relationship among TC, competitive advantage and manufacturing performance. After reviewing the literature, the researcher found that TC plays an important role in achieving competitive advantage for any company and improving the performance of companies. In addition, most previous studies have focused on TC in manufacturing companies probably due to the fact that manufacturing is currently an extremely important industry in the economy of most countries. TC strongly participates in the production and operation sectors, which are the cornerstones of every manufacturing company. Focusing on TC will play a role in developing the performance of manufacturing companies while gaining competitive advantages and maintaining commercial success in domestic and international markets.

Returns to Innovation: Evidence from the LCD Industry

We investigate the impact of technological capability on firm market share using technology investment data in the global thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal-display panel industry from 1999 to 2007. The Arellano–Bond estimation of the dynamic panel model indicates that prior technological capability is positively correlated with current market share. The magnitude of this effect appears economically substantial: an improvement of technological capability by one standard deviation implied a permanent increase of 2.6 percent-point in quarterly market share, a return tantamount to $470 million in 2007 sales. The Granger test reveals that technological capability helps to predict future market share, but that the inverse is not true.

The impact of technological capability on firm performance in Taiwan's electronics industry

Although a number of studies have emphasized the importance of technological capability to competitive advantage, the empirical examination of this area has thus far been somewhat scarce, particularly at firm level. This paper therefore aims to examine the impact of technological capability on firm performance. Inasmuch as the electronics industry is expected to place significant emphasis on the absorption and application of technological knowledge from scientific research, this industry is taken as the analytical sample. In contrast to prior studies in this area, this paper attempts to determine the dynamic and nonlinear characteristics of the accumulation of technological capability by firms through ‘longitudinal operationalization,’ with the technological capability of a firm being measured from a perspective of stock rather than flow. Based upon a panel dataset, the estimations of our model, derived from the Cobb–Douglas production function, reveal that firm technological capability has a significant effect on productivity growth, and that the impact of technological capability seems to be greater than that of other conventional factors. These findings demonstrate that technological capability is an important determinant in the promotion of competitive advantage for Taiwan's electronics firms.