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Enterprise, Organization, and Technology in China

Author : Philip Scranton
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030003981
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Enterprise, Organization, and Technology in China written by Philip Scranton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the near-silence in technological and business history about post-World War II socialist enterprises, this book gives voice to a generation of Communist China’s managers, entrepreneurs, cadres, and workers from the Liberation to the early 1970s. Using recently-opened online archival resources, it details and assesses the course of technical and organizational experimentation at state-owned, cooperative, and private enterprises as the PRC strove to construct a socialist economy through trial-and-error initiatives. Core questions treated are: How did Chinese enterprises operate, evolve, experiment, improvise and adjust during the PRC’s first generation? What technological initiatives were crucial to these processes, necessarily developed with limited expertise and thin financial resources? How could constructing “socialism with Chinese characteristics” have helped lay foundations for the post-1980 “Chinese miracle,” as the PRC confidently entered the 21st century while Soviet and Central European socialisms crumbled? And what might current-day Western managers and entrepreneurs learn from Chinese practice and performance a half-century ago? Readers can anticipate a granular, bottom-up analysis of how businesses worked day-to-day in a planned economy, how enterprise practices and technological strategies shifted during the first postwar generation, how managers and technicians emerged after the capitalist exodus, how organizations experimented and adapted, and how the controversies and convulsions of the PRC’s early decades fashioned durable technical and organizational capabilities.

Innovation in China

Author : Richard P. Appelbaum
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745689604
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Innovation in China written by Richard P. Appelbaum and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China is in the midst of transitioning from a manufacturing-based economy to one driven by innovation and knowledge. This up-to-date analysis evaluates China's state-led approach to science and technology, and its successes and failures. In recent decades, China has seen huge investments in high-tech science parks, a surge in home-grown top-ranked global companies, and a significant increase in scientific publications and patents. Helped by state policies and a flexible business culture, the country has been able to leapfrog its way to a more globally competitive position. However, the authors argue that this approach might not yield the same level of progress going forward if China does not address serious institutional, organizational, and cultural obstacles. While not impossible, this task may well prove to be more difficult for the Chinese Communist Party than the challenges that China has faced in the past.

Enterprises, Industry and Innovation in the People's Republic of China

Author : Alberto Gabriele
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811521212
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)

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Book Synopsis Enterprises, Industry and Innovation in the People's Republic of China by : Alberto Gabriele

Download or read book Enterprises, Industry and Innovation in the People's Republic of China written by Alberto Gabriele and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-04-06 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses and critically evaluates the development of two key components of China’s economy: the network of productive enterprises, and the national innovation system, from the inception of market-oriented reforms to the present day. The approach is a partly novel one, albeit inspired to classical political economy, rooted in the structure and evolution of social relations of production and exchange and of the institutional setting in these two crucial domains. The main findings are twofold: First, the role of planning and public ownership, far from withering, has being upheld and qualitatively enhanced, especially throughout the most recent stages of industrial reforms. Second, enterprises are increasingly participating - along with universities and research centers - in a concerted and historically unparalleled effort to dramatically upgrade China’s capacity to engage in indigenous innovation. As a result, China’s National Innovation System has been growing and strengthening at a pace much faster than that of the national economy as a whole. The book also presents a speculative and provisional perspective on the validity, and meaning, of the claim that the country’s socioeconomic system is indeed a form of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It will be on interest to students and scholars researching China, politics, and development economics.

The Inside Story of China's High-tech Industry

Author : Yu Zhou
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742555808
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (558 download)

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Book Synopsis The Inside Story of China's High-tech Industry by : Yu Zhou

Download or read book The Inside Story of China's High-tech Industry written by Yu Zhou and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1980s, China faced the monumental task of creating, from scratch, internationally competitive companies. This challenge was especially daunting in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. The Inside Story of China's High-Tech Industry describes the emergence and growth of this industry in China through a historically situated analysis of China's leading science park, Beijing's Zhongguancun, also known as China's Silicon Valley. Zhou challenges the prevailing view that foreign multinational corporations and exports are the driving forces for technological progress in less developed countries by arguing that, in the case of China, it is the conjunction of domestic and export markets that has provided the main impetus to technological learning and the development of industry competitiveness. This is the best treatment to date of China's most important innovation region. It will be useful for scholars and students in the fields of economics, regional sciences, geography, planning, sociology, information technology, and business management, as well as for anyone interested in the rise of China and global technological development.

Management Issues in China: Volume 1

Author : David H. Brown
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 042977382X
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Management Issues in China: Volume 1 written by David H. Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1996, examines the problems associated with the management of change, particularly those brought about by the rapid pace of economic development in China in the ‘reform’ period since 1979. China’s managers were challenged as never before as the country integrated itself into the world economy, introduced new technology, and decentralized control over its industries. This book discusses their successes and failures in chapters by specialists in Chinese management practice.

Internationalizationoftechnologicalinnovationforchineseenterprises,the

Author : Chen Jin
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9813236558
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Internationalizationoftechnologicalinnovationforchineseenterprises,the written by Chen Jin and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a new perspective, this book explores the theory of internationalization of technological innovation in four aspects, namely strategy, organization, resource allocation and environment, and analyzes the development rules and key points of management in the internationalization of technological innovation for Chinese firms. On the basis of theoretical and empirical studies, this book proposes an evolutionary model of the internationalization of technological innovation. It is hoped that the proposed model will be of value to the advancement of the internationalization of technological innovation for the Chinese firms and will contribute to the enrichment and improvement of the theories in technological innovation.

Inside the Changing Business of China

Author : Chris Rowley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000197530
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Inside the Changing Business of China written by Chris Rowley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-14 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid speed and size of China’s economic expansion growth is well known. Several causes and reasons are commonly given for this performance, now joined by some commentary questioning how sustainable this is in the light of slowing growth rates and the need for different types and forms of growth – knowledge/innovative, services, etc – as well as demographic trends within the global context of trade frictions and finally the ‘3Cs’ of 2020 – coronavirus contagion and containment. This collection of research provides further evidence about China’s performance in terms of the role of business and management and also points to future issues. This is detailed in terms of the key areas relevant to performance, such as culture, change, leadership, innovation and knowledge. The theoretical and practical implications of the work contained herein is also noted as well as some calls for future work in key areas. Inside the Changing Business of China is a significant new contribution to the study of China’s economic growth for researchers, academics and advanced students of international business, management, leadership and innovation. This book was originally published as a special issue of Asia Pacific Business Review.

Promoting Enterprise-led Innovation in China

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Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821379399
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Promoting Enterprise-led Innovation in China written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China and India's spectacular economic rise over the last two decades has accelerated their trade and investment flows with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), particularly with the oil-producing countries. And while these flows are still small, China and India's presence in the region is on the rise. This report focuses on the following questions:what have been evolution and the impact of MENA's trade and investment relations with China and India? what actions can be taken to maximize the benefits from these relations and to enhance MENA's international integration? The main findings ind.

China as an Innovation Nation

Author : Yu Zhou
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019875356X
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book China as an Innovation Nation written by Yu Zhou and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title offers an in-depth look at the status and trajectories of innovation in major Chinese technological sectors such as machines, tools, railroad, automobile, information, communication technology, and wind and solar energy. The book expands our understanding of the industrial foundations of China's attempt to become an innovation nation.

Technological Entrepreneurship in China

Author : Claudio Petti
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857938991
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

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Book Synopsis Technological Entrepreneurship in China by : Claudio Petti

Download or read book Technological Entrepreneurship in China written by Claudio Petti and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This unique book offers a series of case studies about how technology creation has evolved in China. This is an in-depth perspective about the trajectory and the entrepreneurial transformations of some successful high-tech Chinese companies in different industries. The book pictures as well the roles played by government, universities and companies in fostering regional systems of innovation in different parts of China. Written by Chinese and foreign experts, those views are not partial; authors reveal an untruncated and thorough analysis.' Dominique Jolly, SKEMA Business School, France Bringing technologies to the market, thereby creating profits, high-qualified jobs and industrial upgrading is one of the means by which China can fuel its brand new growth model based on innovation and sustainability. Much is known about the mechanisms of technological entrepreneurship. But how does this happen in China? Who is doing what? Is there a 'Chinese way' to do technological entrepreneurship? This thought-provoking book provides readers with a closer look at these issues and clarifies them through a number of case studies discussed from the perspectives of both Chinese and international contributors. Technological Entrepreneurship in China offers a comprehensive and practical assessment of technological entrepreneurship in China. Exclusively based on cases, the book tackles the issues of technological entrepreneurship in China from a systemic view. In so doing the book provides an account of the main factors at work behind Chinese technological entrepreneurship and their interplay, the past and present transitions facing Chinese technology-based enterprises, and how those transitions were and are being dealt with. It offers a glimpse in a huge natural experiment that will prove insightful for both scholars and policymakers.

Managing Organizational Complexities with Digital Enablement in China

Author : Shan-Ling Pan
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814623164
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Managing Organizational Complexities with Digital Enablement in China written by Shan-Ling Pan and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2015-03-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Organizational Complexities with Digital Enablement in China aims to provide insights into the use of information technologies in organizations and government agencies in China. Edited by Shan-Ling Pan with contributions from academics across the world, this casebook contains 17 case studies which document experiences of utilizing enterprise systems and e-government initiatives in organizations and government agencies from China. These case studies feature companies such as Alibaba, Haier, COFCO, JD.com, and Tencent, among many others. These in-depth, well-written case materials will be helpful to students and readers with an interest in China studies and other related fields. They will also be useful to organizations and government agencies that plan to implement enterprise systems and e-government initiatives in the years ahead. Contents:Alibaba.com (Barney Tan)Haier (1) (Miao Cui)Haier (2) (Zheng Wang and Taohua Ouyang)China Mobile (Barney Tan and Carmen Mei Ling Leong)Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 (Jenson Goh and Mei-Yun Zuo)Neusoft & SAP China (Derek Wenyu Du)Shanghai Tobacco (Barney Tan)China's E-Government (Adela Chen and Wayne Huang)Damai (Carmen Mei Ling Leong)Chang Chun Petrochemicals (Barney Tan and Tzu-Chuan Chou)360buy.com (Renamed JD.com in 2013) (Peiying Huang)UFIDA (Mao Mao)Tencent (Derek Wenyu Du)Wanhua Chemical Group (Elaine Jing Chen)Beijing Esky Technology (Taohua Ouyang, Hui Wang and Miao Cui)Zhejiang Cancer Hospital (ZCH) (Say Yen Teoh and Xi Chen)COFCO Group (Mao Mao) Readership: Business and Management undergraduates, researchers and practitioners who are interested in learning more about information technological and organizational complexities in China. Key Features:There are no other casebooks available that contain specialized information technology cases by writers which are based out of ChinaThe cases are succinct and accessibleIt is a good complement to China Studies students or researchers who are keen to learn about IT and organizational complexities in ChinaKeywords:China;Information Technologies;Organizational Complexities;Enterprise Systems;Alibaba;Haier;Haier Group;China Mobile;Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3;Neusoft and SAP China;Shanghai Tobacco;China's E-Government;Damai;Chang Chun Petrochemicals;JD.com;UFID;Tencent;Wanhua Chemical Group;Beijing Esky;Zhejiang Cancer Hospital;COFCO Group;Cases Studies;Information Management;Innovation Management;Knowledge Management

Seeing the Unseen

Author : Guoli Chen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119885833
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book Seeing the Unseen written by Guoli Chen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-09-21 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the overnight tech success stories of China’s globalizing business landscape In the last few years, we have seen a meteoric rise of Chinese tech companies across the world. Alibaba stock price movements unnerved investors globally, venture capitalists searched for the next Meituan or Pinduoduo in Southeast Asia and Latin America, and of course, Tik Tok, the most popular content platform in the world today, originated from China. The founders of such companies are typically credited with the “tenacity to rough it out,” the “courage to venture into the unknown,” and the “vision to take their companies to new heights.” However, the same can be said about Silicon Valley founders, or any successful entrepreneur. So, what gives Chinese founders and their companies the advantage in becoming multi-billion global enterprises? How does their leadership set strategies? How do they motivate their people? How do they move so fast and defend their turf in China’s hyper-competitive tech market? When they expand overseas, how do they determine what they keep and what they need to let go of? And most importantly, what do these things mean to you as a competitor, investor, regulator, or even as an executive or customer of such companies? Seeing the Unseen: Behind Chinese Tech Giants’ Global Venturing answers these questions and delves into the fascinating world of Chinese logic that shapes how tech leaders make and implement decisions, many of which are seldom seen outside China. In this book, you will gain an accurate, concise understanding of Chinese tech companies' reflections as they scale. You will understand the different generations of Chinese tech giants from Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu and Huawei to Pinduoduo, Meituan, ByteDance, Xiaomi and more. In this Seeing the Unseen, the analysis behind the success and lessons learned is summarized into a unique framework that touches on People, Organization, and Product and Leadership (POP-Leadership). The book covers: How Chinese history, folklore and Mao Zadong’s political strategies have shaped the strategies of Chinese tech leaders, even today The mindsets of Chinese tech and internet companies and how they have evolved over the last two decades The unique business culture and leadership styles that steered these companies through uncertain and ultra-competitive periods How Chinese companies structure their organizations and products and how they remain agile as they scale The limitations of Chinese POP-Leadership, and what these companies must shed to keep up with international players in global markets How Chinese POP-Leadership is now becoming international, and how international players are leveraging these learnings How the worldwide expansion of Chinese companies will alter the business landscape in the coming decades Chinese firms undertaking overseas ventures can challenge our thinking on global strategy and implementation. This book gives you a better understanding of these emergent players in the global arena.

Management Issues in China: Domestic enterprises

Author : David H. Brown
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Management Issues in China: Domestic enterprises written by David H. Brown and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1996 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The rapid pace of economic development in china in the 'reform' period since 1979 has brought with it a host of new problems associated with the management of change. As China simultaneously integrates itself into the world economy for the first time, introduces technology which is often a quantum leap from that which it replaces, and decentralizes control over its industries, with the possibility in prospect of the ultimate dismantling of socialism, China's managers are challenged as never before. This book discusses their successes and failures." "The editors have brought together contributions from more than a dozen specialists in Chinese management practice. Initially, the reform process is introduced, compared with that of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and the nature of the new enterprise culture is discussed. A section on decision making follows, looking at the impact of decentralization, the role of politics and culture, and similarities in practice between Chinese and Western approaches. Some of the challenges facing Chinese enterprises are then examined, especially the evolution of township enterprises and the organization of production and research. Finally, the management and development of people is considered, the human resource in China's modernization, along with the current provision for management education."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Social Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522581839
Total Pages : 1764 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Social Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 1764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Businesses are looking for methods to incorporate social entrepreneurship in order to generate a positive return to society. Social enterprises have the ability to improve societies through altruistic work to create sustainable work environments for future entrepreneurs and their communities. Social Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a useful scholarly resource that examines the broad topic of social entrepreneurship by looking at relevant theoretical frameworks and fundamental terms. It also addresses the challenges and solutions social entrepreneurs face as they address their corporate social responsibility in an effort to redefine the goals of today’s enterprises and enhance the potential for growth and change in every community. Highlighting a range of topics such as the social economy, corporate social responsibility, and competitive advantage, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for business professionals, entrepreneurs, start-up companies, academics, and graduate-level students in the fields of economics, business administration, sociology, education, politics, and international relations.

Inside Chinese Organizations

Author : Kai-Alexander Schlevogt
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1581120451
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (811 download)

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Download or read book Inside Chinese Organizations written by Kai-Alexander Schlevogt and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2000-02 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An empirical study was undertaken (a) to examine the characteristics, influencing factors, and effectiveness of a distinctive Chinese management model adopted by the newly founded private enterprises in mainland China, as well as (b) to test the "fit" notion in contingency theory. The study was based on a random sample of 124 standardized personal interviews with CEOs of Chinese industrial and service companies in Beijing and Shanghai. The standardized questionnaire mainly contained the Aston structure scales (Pugh and Hickson 1976) and Khandwalla's (1977) management schedules. Besides, three case examples were studied including one state-owned bank and two private enterprises. Using AMOS structural equation modeling, size, mass-technology and uncertainty, as well as CEO need for achievement, environmental constraints and selected Chinese characteristics, were specified as influencing factors of "bureaucracy" and managerial practices, which included strategic orientation, leadership style, decision-making, communication and subcontracting. Another model analyzed the influence of various key success factors on organizational effectiveness. The findings provided support for the re-adoption of a distinctive Chinese management model in private companies, characterized by autocratic leadership, low formalization, "Chinese entrepreneurship" and network-based "webs". Private enterprises also tended to readopt and emphasize traditional Chinese family-related values. The distinctiveness of this model was, ceteris paribus, due to this emphasis on familism, which had a direct impact on organizational design and an indirect influence through its negative association with company size, which in turn significantly covaried with organizational design. This family-based ownership model was positively associated with organizational effectiveness. As regards contingency theory, the "traditional" fit hypotheses could not be rejected. In addition, less effective companies were not necessarily in "misfit". "Appropriate" structure, together with an optimizing planning style and firm age, were positively associated with performance. Managerial recommendations were codified in a CHINA(c) strategy framework for high effectiveness.

The Source of Innovation in China

Author : Y. Zhang
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137335068
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book The Source of Innovation in China written by Y. Zhang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the most popular understanding of Chinese comparative advantage is their low labour cost, The Source of Innovation in China argues the fundamental source for Chinese economic growth is its innovation. Based on case studies and surveys collected from 600 firms, this book describes competitive advantages of successful Chinese enterprises.

The China Information Technology Handbook

Author : Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387777431
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book The China Information Technology Handbook written by Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-03-23 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is a reference for those interested in information technologies and emerging management practices in China. The emphasis on information technologies and management provides a unique proposition and gives characteristics of flexibility and adoption to diverse audiences. The subject area is a combination of global information technology and management along with strategic management of IT. The handbook exploits state-of-the-art and emerging trends in theory and technology. This handbook is primarily designed for a professional and academic audience.