An Empirical Study on Factors Influencing the Technological Capabilities Development of the Developing Countries' Firms

Technological capabilities development of firms results from the interaction of numerous factors. After defining the technological capabilities of developing countries' firms,this paper presents a model of factors influencing the technological capabilities development of developing countries' firms based on four dimensions:industrial environment driving,technological cooperative network,outer technological transfer,and inner technological efforts. Then,the empirical analysis based on the data of 191 Chinese technology-intensive manufacturing firms indicates:all of the factors driving industrial environment influence TC remarkably,among which policy supports and industrial synergy have positive influence while market pressure has negative influence. The longitudinal and transverse relation of technological cooperative network have no remarkable influence on TC development. Outer technological transfer has negative influence. And among the dimensions of inner technological efforts,technological investment has positive influence on TC development but innovation atmosphere has no remarkable influence. The paper offers some suggestions for technological capabilities development of Chinese manufacturing firms after discussing the exceptional empirical results combined with reality.