Emerging Market Enterprises' Technological Breakthroughs: A Literature Review and China’s Insights Based on Structure-Process-Output Framework
Abstract:
Compared to enterprises in mature markets, emerging market enterprises (EMEs) display distinct organizational characteristics and paths of technological development. For EMEs, exploring the mechanisms underlying technological breakthroughs is of substantial theoretical and practical importance for surpassing current technological paradigms and attaining advanced technologies in a dynamic competitive landscape. This study focuses on the literature concerning technological breakthroughs of EMEs, searches papers published in internationally authoritative management journals, and conducts theoretical framework development. Firstly, by comparing the literature on general enterprises and EMEs' technological breakthroughs, the study identifies the unique challenges faced by EMEs. Secondly, based on the emerging results from citation network analysis and content analysis, a structure-process-output theoretical framework is constructed to integrate key dimensions and central research themes of technological breakthroughs by EMEs. Thirdly, this study then contextualizes this framework within the Chinese context, suggesting structure-dominated, process-dominated, and output-dominated models of technological breakthroughs for Chinese enterprises. This study offers managerial, practical, and policy insights addressing the challenges faced by Chinese enterprises in breaking through international technological barriers, enhancing innovation capabilities, and achieving significant technological breakthroughs.
Keywords: Technological Breakthrough; Emerging Market Enterprises; Actor Structure; Technological Process; Innovation Output; Literature Review