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The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of government subsidies and private research and development (R&D) on global value chains position (GVCP) and the moderating role of task complexity in China. It utilizes regional data from official Chinese statistics and the Trade in Value Added 2018 database from the period of 2005–2016. The results indicate that different sources of R&D funds have different effects on GVCP. In particular, government subsidies promote GVCP, while private R&D impedes GVCP. Furthermore, the results indicate that task complexity positively moderates the relationship between private R&D and GVCP, and it negatively moderates the relationship between government subsidies and GVCP. Therefore, this study highlights the importance of task complexity for regional enterprises seeking to enhance their GVCP and provides policymakers with new insights into their subsidy policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the effects of three channels of technology transfer—global value chain participation (GVCP), foreign technology import (FTI), and domestic technology purchase (DTP)—on innovation efficiency by using 11 years of data from Chinese manufacturing industries. Empirical results show FTI and GVCP significantly facilitate innovation efficiency, whereas DTP decreases it. Further, absorptive capacity (AC) positively moderates the relationship between FTI and innovation efficiency. Moreover, in the high-tech industry, we find that GVCP positively affects innovation efficiency, and AC positively moderates the effect of GVCP on innovation efficiency. This finding is informative from a strategic perspective as firms can make strategic decisions in the selection of technology transfer channels. In addition, firms may also absorb and apply external technologies while developing AC to improve enterprises' ability according to their own organizational and strategic contexts in order to achieve and maintain competitive advantages. This finding provides convincing empirical evidence on the relationship between technology transfer channels and innovation efficiency and valuable lessons to other developing countries for the selection of technology transfer channels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Combined with the global value chain (GVC) and the innovation value chain, this study analyses whether and how global value chain participation (GVCPA) and global value chain position (GVCPO) affect innovation efficiency (IE) to explain the difference of IE in China's provinces from 2005 to 2016. It uses Stochastic Frontier Analysis to examine the influencing factors of IE. Results show that both GVCPA and GVCPO are important factors influencing IE, with GVCPA promoting IE and GVCPO inhibiting IE. Moreover, human capital (HC) positively affects the relationship between GVCPO and commercialisation efficiency as well as the relationship between GVCPA and R&D efficiency. The findings suggest that a region should not only encourage industrial enterprises to be embedded in the GVC but also develop education and improve the quality of HC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]