China's path to innovation / Xiaolan Fu, University of Oxford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fu, Xiaolan, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--China.

Economic development.

Industrial policy--China.

Industrial policy.

Information technology--China--Management.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 434 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past three decades, China has experienced rapid economic growth and a fascinating transformation of its industry. However, much of this success is the result of industrial imitation and China's continuing success now relies heavily on its ability to strengthen its indigenous innovation capability. In this book, Xiaolan Fu investigates how China can develop a strategy of compressed development to emerge as a leading innovative nation. The book draws on quantitative and qualitative research that includes cross-country, cross-province and cross-firm analysis. Large multi-level panel datasets, unique survey databases, and in-depth industry case studies are explored. Different theoretical approaches are also used to examine the motivations, obstacles and consequences of China's innovation with a wider discussion around what other countries can learn from China's experience. This book will appeal to scholars and policy-makers working in fields such as innovation policy, technology management, development and international economics and China studies.

Contents:

Introduction: 1. Introduction; 2. Innovation in China since the reforms: an overview

Part I. International Knowledge Transfer and Technological Takeoff : 3. Foreign direct investment, absorptive capacity and innovative capabilities: evidence from China; 4. Processing trade, FDI and international competitiveness of the Chinese high-technology industries; 5. Indigenous and foreign innovation efforts and technological upgrading in China

Part II. Development of Indigenous Innovation Capacity and Catch-up: 6. The role of state policy in shaping innovation practices: the case of open innovation in China; 7. Open innovation as a response to constraints and risks; 8. The dual role of universities in industrial innovation: comparing China and the UK; 9. Technological learning, tacit knowledge acquisition and industrial upgrading: the Chinese optical fibre and cable industry; 10. Leapfrogging in green technology: the solar-PV industry in China and India

Part III. Towards a Global Innovation Leader: 11. Internationalisation, reverse learning and capabilities upgrading: the case of Huawei and ZTE; 12. International collaboration and radical innovation; 13. Innovation efficiency and the cross-country gaps in innovation; 14. Capabilities, incentives, institutions and national innovation performances

Conclusions: 15. Conclusions: open national innovation system and China's path to innovation.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-25535-2

1-316-23643-9

1-316-25345-7

1-316-24967-0

1-316-25156-X

1-316-23454-1

1-316-24777-5

1-107-11095-5