Sustainable Technology Diffusion Manufacturing Outwards FDI Firms: Evidence from China Using Numerical Simulation Methods
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Strengths:
Well written paper with appropriate references and setup.
Weaknesses:
- The hypotheses provided are not actually hypotheses. They are more like propositions. To call them hypothesis, they should be rephrased in a testable manner.
- If hypotheses are listed, there are no discussions on whether the hypothesis was rejected or not rejected. The hypotheses must be tied back to the discussions later.
Author Response
Point 1: The hypotheses provided are not actually hypotheses. They are more like propositions. To call them hypothesis, they should be rephrased in a testable manner. If hypotheses are listed, there are no discussions on whether the hypothesis was rejected or not rejected. The hypotheses must be tied back to the discussions later.
Response 1: Thank the experts for their valuable comments. This article has changed all hypothesis to proposition. It is true that the term of hypothesis is more suitable for empirical research, while the term of proposition is more suitable for mathematical modeling. Therefore, we have replaced them all according to your comments. Thank you again.
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Reviewer 2 Report
I read closely the article. Excellent well-written interesting. Thank God we have so much today technology progress and innovation. I suggest revised title: "Sustainable Technology Diffusion Manufacturing Outwards FDI Firms: Evidence from China Using Numerical Simulation Methods"
The authors' conclusions make good common sense to me:
"Technology transfer pricing is the result of the game between the diffusing party and the adopting party. Too low and too high technology transfer pricing are not conducive to the sustainability of technology diffusion activities, and the higher the protection of property rights, the better. The government should actively perform the function of market supervision, punish unreasonable pricing, and strengthen the protection of property rights on the premise of controllable cost."
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Author Response
Point 1: I suggest revised title: “Sustainable Technology Diffusion Manufacturing Outwards FDI Firms: Evidence from China Using Numerical Simulation Methods”
Response 1: Thanks to the valuable comments of the expert and we have revised the title to "Sustainable Technology Diffusion Manufacturing Outwards FDI Firms: Evidence from China Using Numerical Simulation Methods", the title which is recommended by the expert. The new one can better highlight the topic of the article, i.e., how the advantageous technology of manufacturing OFDI firms can achieve the sustainable technology diffusion to local enterprises and conducting numerical simulation analysis based on the Chinese background, so the readers can intuitively understand the core content of this paper by reading the title. Thanks again.
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Reviewer 3 Report
The authors aimed to analyze the mechanism of the impact of technology diffusion on sustainable development, such as initial investment appetite, technology diffusion effects and absorptive capacity, technology transfer prices and intellectual property protection, government subsidies and penalties. The paper is based on four hypotheses. Based on the basic assumptions of the model, this paper analyzes the different strategy choices of the three parties, and obtains the tripartite game income matrix of technology diffusion between OFDI firms and domestic firms considering the government's strategic choice. Based on the bounded rationality hypothesis, this paper constructs a tripartite evolutionary game model including government, OFDI firms and domestic firms, and analyzes the impact of different parameters on the evolution of strategy choices of three parties.
The results of the study are:
· The government, OFDI firms and domestic firms are impacted by each other's initial intentions to different degrees.
· Different combinations of technology spillover and absorptive capacity will form different evolutionary results.
· Reasonable technology transfer pricing and strengthening property rights protection can improve the efficiency of the technological diffusion system.
· Government financial support and punishment should be controlled within a reasonable range.
The authors used evolutionary game theory to study the evolutionary process of strategy choice of OFDI firms and domestic firms in technology diffusion activities, On this basis, it is of great theoretical and practical significance to analyze the evolution path and influence factors of the technology diffusion system with the participation of the government, in order to improve the efficiency of OFDI firms' technology diffusion to domestic firms and further improve the innovation ability of domestic firms.
The measurements and tools used by the authors appear to be valid. The results are detailed with statistical confirmation of the results.
The paper lacks a discussion of adequate length and containing the essential findings of the study. The discussion can be supplemented with additional literature to enrich the authors' arguments.
Author Response
Point 1: The paper lacks a discussion of adequate length and containing the essential findings of the study. The discussion can be supplemented with additional literature to enrich the authors’ arguments.
Response 1: Thanks to the valuable comments of the experts, a discussion of the literature has been added to the last part of the literature review to sort them out and additional literature has been added to enrich the literature review. On this basis, the main research findings of this paper have been introduced. Therefore the reader can clearly see what the significance and contribution of this paper is after reading the introduction and literature review. Thanks again.
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Reviewer 4 Report
Review
Sustainable Development of Manufacturing Outwards FDI Firms Based on Technology Diffusion Perspective
The article raises an important topic. The paper aims is to analyze the influence mechanism of technology diffusion on sustainable development, such as the initial investment willingness, technology spillover effects and absorptive capacity, technology transfer prices and intellectual property protection, government subsidy support and penalties. The importance of new technologies derives from the fact that they spread across many different users and uses, as well as different geographic regions. The paper based on evolutionary game theory. The authors present a theoretical analysis of the intellectual diffusion between OFDI firms and domestic firms.
The paper title reflects the content and purpose of the research. The abstract includes information important for understanding the content of the paper. The methodology is good but poorly described (see remarks).
Main remark:
- the methodology is not clearly: no reference to the time range of the research; What period of time does the research cover? The authors use the term "domestic firms" or „government”. Is it the same as „chinese companies” and „chinese goverment”? It's not clear. The geographic scope of the research is not clear. Does the empirical research concern the economy of China?
- no conclusions related direct to sustainable development of Manufacturing Outwards FDI (that's the title of paper)
Other remarks:
- - the conclusions should clearly indicate the contribution of the authors to the literature, not only to economic practice;
- - the conclusions should be supplemented with research limitations;
- - the literature review is good but synthetic. The positions of Chinese authors dominate.
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Author Response
Main remark：
Point 1: The methodology is not clearly: no reference to the time range of the research; What period of timedoes the research cover? The authors use the term "domestic firms" or government . Is it the sameas chinese companies and chinese goverment ? It's not clear. The geographic scope of the research is not clear. Does the empirical research concern the economy of China?
Response 1: Thank you for your valuable comments. The following will answer your questions in turn and make targeted modifications to some of your comments.
The method is not clear enough. It does not mention the time and geographical scope involved in the study, whether OFDI enterprises and local enterprises are equivalent to Chinese enterprises, whether the government is equivalent to the Chinese government, and whether the empirical study involves the Chinese economy.
This is mainly caused by the differences in research methods. Most of the research related to OFDI is empirical research, and the data have the attributes of year and region. The data of empirical research also have specific subjects such as enterprises or governments to correspond, while the research methods of game theory have great differences in ideas. It is more a theoretical model abstracted from the real situation, so it does not involve specific time and geographical scope, At the same time, enterprises and governments are also abstract generalizations of such subjects in reality, but the method of game theory will also involve the Chinese economy, but it is more to analyze the economic problems extracted from the theoretical model level.
Take this article as an example to illustrate that the research problem is how to realize the stable operation of the technology diffusion and adoption system between OFDI enterprises and local enterprises under the participation of the government. OFDI enterprises are a group, local enterprises are a group, and local governments are also a group, while evolutionary game studies the strategy selection of bounded rational groups. In the technology diffusion system involving three parties, individuals in the group will choose their own strategies at the initial stage of evolution. As time goes on, they will imitate the favorable strategies of other individuals in the group and improve their own unfavorable strategies. Finally, all groups in the system will achieve a certain degree of stability under the given external conditions, which may be good or bad.
Take this article as an example to illustrate that the research problem is how to realize the stable operation of the technology diffusion and adoption system between OFDI enterprises and local enterprises under the participation of the government. OFDI enterprises are a group, local enterprises are a group, and local governments are also a group, while evolutionary game studies the strategy selection of bounded rational groups. In the technology diffusion system involving three parties, individuals in the group will choose their own strategies at the initial stage of evolution. As time goes on, they will imitate the favorable strategies of other individuals in the group and improve their own unfavorable strategies. Finally, all groups in the system will achieve a certain degree of stability under the given external conditions, which may be good or bad.
Point 2: No conclusions related direct to sustainable development of Manufacturing Outwards FDI (that's the title of paper)
Response 2: The conclusion has been moderately revised to better reflect the topic and echo the beginning and end.The following is added to the last paragraph of the conclusion.
Other remarks：
Point 3: The conclusions should clearly indicate the contribution of the authors to the literature, not only to economic practice.
Response 3: The conclusion has been appropriately supplemented to better reflect the contributions of the literature.The following is added to the last paragraph of the conclusion.
Point 4: The conclusions should be supplemented with research limitations
Response 4: The conclusion part has been moderately supplemented to illustrate the limitations of this study and the future research direction.The following is added to the last paragraph of the conclusion.
Point 5: The literature review is good but synthetic. The positions of Chinese authors dominate
Response 5: Foreign literature has been added to the literature review part, so that the literature review part is more complete.
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
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Author Response
Thank you for your valuable comments on the manuscript sustainability-2160011. We are thankful to the referees and the Editor for pointing out some important modifications needed in the report. We have thoughtfully taken into account these comments.
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Reviewer 4 Report
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