Learning and Innovation of Chinese Firms

Description

This edited volume explores the learning and innovation of Chinese firms. In particular, it examines the difficulties and obstacles affecting the technological collaboration between Chinese firms and foreign partners as well as some of the key organizational and institutional challenges of innovation facing Chinese firms. Despite enjoying rapid economic growth in previous decades, learning and innovation of Chinese firms has received relatively limited attention among management and international business scholars in the past. However, some significant changes in the Chinese institutional environment have occurred in recent years. On one hand, the Chinese central government has devised a number of policy initiatives to promote and support innovative activities in China, ranging from the ‘Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation by All’ to the latest ‘Made in China 2025’. On the other hand, we have witnessed an increasing number of indigenous Chinese firms (e.g. Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, Huawei and DJI) adopting business model innovation with global inputs and impacts in different business sectors, namely electronic commerce, telecommunication network equipment, social media, mobile payment and drones. In view of these recent developments, we aim to further our understanding about the learning and innovation processes of Chinese firms in this edited volume. A timely reference for business practitioners and academics. Original contributions from indigenous and foreign researchers. Focusses on the significance of Chinese firms as an emerging source of learning and innovation in the global market. Contents Part I: Introduction and Background 1 Introduction Part II: Knowledge Transfer and Managerial Cognition 2 Reverse Knowledge Transfer from Developing Countries to Chinese Multinational Corporations: The Case of Haier 3 Learning and Innovation in Chinese Firms: The Implication of Quanzhou Managers’ Cognition in a Transition Era Part III: Entrepreneurship, Learning and Innovation 4 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in China 5 Iteration of Digital Firms and Internationalization Theory: From the Perspectives of Speed and Learning 6 Can Organizational Learning Makes Chinese Exporting Firms More Entrepreneurial? Part IV: Institutions and Innovation 7 Societal Progress and Information: Impacts on Learning and Innovation for China and Beyond 8 The Path of Innovation in Macau’s Integrated Resort Companies: Past Assessment for Future Scenarios List of Contributors List of Figures List of Tables Index