Technological Capability Building in the Automotive Industry: Comparing China with South Korea

Authors

  • Xiaohua Lin Ryerson University
  • Guangqian Wu

Keywords:

China versus Korea, automotive industry, technological capability

Abstract

Why has China developed a huge automotive market without building up autonomous technological capability? While comparing China with South Korea’s experience, we argue that this phenomenon has to be understood in the context of a misleading and ineffective policy regime and a fragmented political structure, which in turn are associated with a disincentive market environment (sizable but unsophisticated demand) and China’s ongoing systemic restructuring that has so far been oriented toward management fragmentation.


Keywords: China versus Korea; automotive industry; technological capability

Author Biography

  • Xiaohua Lin, Ryerson University

    Ted Rogers School of Management

    Professor of International Business & Entrepreneurship

    Director of International Research Institute

    Faculty Homepage

    Research Interests:

    • Economics
    • Marketing
    • Transnational entrepreneurship

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Published

2011-11-30

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Technological Capability Building in the Automotive Industry: Comparing China with South Korea. (2011). Asia Pacific and Globalization Review, 1(1), 1-15. https://journals.macewan.ca/apgr/article/view/26