Influence of technological innovation capabilities on product competitiveness

Аннотация

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed light on how technological innovation capabilities (TICs) influence the product competitiveness of Chinese manufacturing enterprises and identify the key technological innovation components. Design/methodology/approach – Quantitative research setting was applied in Chinese Yangtze River Delta. Survey was carried out with 166 responses. Findings – The study reveals that the firm’s strategies capabilities, knowledge resources, fundamental research, application R&D, and manufacturing capabilities have significant influence on the new product development performance and product competitiveness of Chinese manufacturing enterprises. Interestingly, firm’s organizational capabilities and human, finance, and material resource have no significant correlation with the product competitiveness