How China's manufacturers achieve technological catch-up The periphery-core mode of R&D cooperation

摘要

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore how China's manufacturers catch up with the forerunners through R&D cooperation by developing a new mode of latecomer-forerunner R&D cooperation, i.e. the periphery-core mode, which provides a viable way for China's manufacturers to obtain forerunners' core knowledge from their periphery knowledge via knowledge spillover and knowledge transfer.