China's Path to Innovation

This book investigates how China can develop a strategy of compressed development to emerge as a leading innovative nation. It draws on research including 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 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. It provides an analysis of China's experience in developing technological and innovation capabilities in the past and for the future, along with a wider discussion about what other countries can learn from China's experience. Timely topics such as internationalisation and outward direct investment of Chinese MNEs and international innovation collaboration, as well as the role of incentives in enhancing innovations in China are presented. --

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Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Abbreviations; 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 regional 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-up6 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 Huawe…