1st Edition

Global Networks and Innovation in China International Linkages and Indigenous Efforts

Edited By Tian Wei, Maoliang Bu Copyright 2021
124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

After almost twenty years of internationalization, Chinese firms have shown their growing innovation capability through benefiting from global networks and domestic efforts. However, how Chinese firm innovation is facilitated at the international and domestic levels remains to be understood. This book investigates innovation in China from three aspects. First, starting at the international... Read more

Introduction: Global Networks and Innovation in China—International Linkages and Indigenous Efforts

Tian Wei and Maoliang Bu

1. Innovation Through Linkage, Leverage, and Learning: The Case of Monk Fruit Corporation

Joanna Scott-Kennel, Haolin Yin and Michele E. M. Akoorie

2. Foreign Ownership and External Knowledge Acquisition: A Comparison between International Subsidiaries and Local Firms in China

Zhi Yang and Tian Wei

3. How Does Competition By Informal Firms Affect The Innovation In Formal Firms?

Jorge A. Heredia Pérez, Xiaohua Yang, Ou Bai, Alejandro Flores and Walter Heredia Heredia

4. Applying Complexity Theory To Understand Chinese Consumers’ Decision-Making In Innovative Products

Zhe Zhang, Yuansi Hou and Yongmin Zhu

5. Success Factors for Product Innovation in China’s Manufacturing Sector: Strategic Choice and Environment Constraints

Zhenzhong Ma and Quan Jin

Biography

Tian Wei is Professor in School of Management, Fudan University. Her research interests cover cross-border acquisitions and corporate social entrepreneurship. She has published in leading management journals, including Journal of Management Studies and British Journal of Management. She has served as an editor for Management and Organization Review, and Asian Case Research Journal.

Maoliang Bu is Associate Professor at Nanjing University. He has published in leading academic journals including Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) and Strategic Management Journal (SMJ). He has served as an editor for Journal of Business Ethics, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, and Journal of International Management.