Introduction: innovation in Chinese firms
Journal of Knowledge-based Innovation in China
ISSN: 1756-1418
Article publication date: 6 April 2010
Abstract
Purpose
This introduction aims to set the scene for this special issue on innovation in Chinese firms.
Design/methodology/approach
There is no research design and methodology for data collection and analysis as such.
Findings
This introduction sets the special issue in the context of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) track with the same theme. It also provides an outline for the special issue highlighting the main topics in terms of technology and innovation management in large and small firms in China; as well as lessons drawn from academic institutions involved in provision of management education both at research and taught – MBA‐level degree programs.
Research limitations/implications
This special issue is limited in the number of contributions that they are submitted to the EURAM Conference and track on “innovation in Chinese firms” in 2008 and 2009. The research implications for firm strategy and government policy draw on limited empirical evidence mainly from case studies and interviews with selected experts.
Originality/value
The originality of this special issue is that it brings together empirical findings from a broad range of large state owned companies, small and medium enterprises, and Chinese and foreign universities and business schools interested in management education in China.
Keywords
Citation
Assimakopoulos, D. (2010), "Introduction: innovation in Chinese firms", Journal of Knowledge-based Innovation in China, Vol. 2 No. 1, pp. 5-6. https://doi.org/10.1108/17561411011031954
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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