Management Review ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 96-106.

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The Mode and Evolution Analysis of Civil-Military Technology Integration under the Technology Convergence Barriers

Cao Xia1, Yang Xiaojun1, Zhang Lupeng2   

  1. 1. School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001;
    2. School of Public Administration, Beihang University, Beijing 100191
  • Received:2017-12-22 Online:2021-03-28 Published:2021-04-06

Abstract: Technology convergence is one of the foundations in military-civilian integration strategy in China. The technology convergence barriers have a significant influence on the efficiency of military and civil companies. This paper analyzes three civil-military technology integration modes, which are symbiosis mode, relying mode and embedded mode. Depending on these modes, we discuss the evolutionary process of military and civil company and how the technology convergence barriers affect the development of military and civilian technology fusion. The results show that in the mode of symbiosis, military enterprises will choose to cooperate continuously in a reasonable range of technical convergence barriers, while civil enterprises only choose continuous cooperation when the technical convergence barriers are lower. In the mode of relying, military enterprises in general technical barrier degree will choose to cooperate first and tend to the opposite, while civil enterprises will choose not to cooperate continuously only under high technical barriers. In the embedded mode, enterprises have a strong willingness to cooperate and to be specific, military enterprises choose to give up continuous cooperation only if they have high barriers, the civil enterprises will always choose cooperation strategy regardless any extent of barriers.

Key words: civil-military technology integration, the mode of technology convergence, technology convergence barriers, evolutionary game