DIY: How internationalization shifts the locus of indigenous innovation for Chinese firms

Jiang, Marshall S.; Branzei, Oana; Xia, Jun

doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2016.07.005

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“…A key factor in fostering a country's entrepreneurship is innovation (Drucker, 2014). Here, again, innovation in China is fundamentally different than in the United States (Jiang, Branzei, & Xia, 2016). The result of the difference in innovation is that scholars overlook key entrepreneurial activities in China.…”

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Examining Entrepreneurship Through Indigenous Lenses

Bruton

Zahra

Cai

2017

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

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This commentary argues that scholars need an alternative to the dominance in academic research of the U.S. model of entrepreneurship to reflect better the variety and diversity of entrepreneurial activities around the globe. Using the example of China, today the world's second-largest economy, we discuss how researchers miss key elements of entrepreneurship because of their over-reliance on the U.S. model of entrepreneurship for analysis, espousing Western-based theoretical values and foundations. We discuss how researchers and journals can promote future research efforts focusing on indigenous entrepreneurship activities, applying indigenously developed theory.

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Section: Role Of Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining Entrepreneurship Through Indigenous Lenses

Bruton

Zahra

Cai

2017

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

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“…One of the world's largest ODMs, Foxconn, is a very good example of this recent evolution. An important related issue is the extent to which the locus of innovation within the ICT GVC has shifted eastwards to Asia and associated with this re-integration of functions by ODMs, the extent to which innovation has shifted from the dominant control of lead companies with potential upgrading consequences for supplier companies in the GVC (Jiang et al, 2016).…”

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From foreign technology dependence towards greater innovation autonomy: China’s integration into the information and communications technology (ICT) global value chain (GVC)

Grimes

Yang

2017

Area Development and Policy

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China's integration into the information and communications technology global value chain has taken place as global technology corporations outsourced and offshored an increasing range of functions, including manufacturing and assembly, and to some extent innovation to more competitive regions within China. This paper reviews the literature conceptualising this process of China's integration from an initial period of technology dependency on foreign companies to more recent attempts by China to achieve greater levels of technology autonomy. From initial disappointment with low levels of technology transfer from foreign companies to more aggressive efforts in recent years to push for indigenous innovation by leveraging market access, China has achieved limited success in establishing domestic brands but continues to lack significant core technology in critical areas such as semiconductors.

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“…With that in mind, Figure 8 includes risk management as a means to protect gained landscape under the leapfrog strategy business model, to add some degree of sustainability to the model. Poststrategic alliance will require Chinese firms to become more sensitive to their partners' needs that will continue to change over time, requiring indigenous innovation and problem solving (Jiang, Branzei, & Xia, 2016). Lu, Qiu, and Song (2012) sought to classify risk associated with Chinese OFDI and found both national and enterprise level risk can be managed via consolidation of global value chains, a strategy that seems to be in its initial stages in the region given the need for precision and expertise to develop.…”

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Huawei Leapfrogging System Integration With TSTT

Fleary

2017

Sage Open

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The Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (TSTT) has demonstrated its approach to modernization via integration of technological systems with international telecommunications providers. With the recognition of TSTT's need to develop an international telecommunication system capable of 95% nation coverage with rich broadband content, Chinese company Huawei leapfrogged into Trinidad and Tobago's developing market. Huawei achieved what Western providers did not and gained strategic partnership with TSTT in a short period of time, given the government-to-government support for trade, TSTT's telecommunication demand, and Huawei's growth plans. Despite the functional advantages derived from Huawei, the partnership was not without risk given the speed and liability of newness of greenfield investments. If the TSTT and Huawei partnership is to be sustainable, we must model the relationship and then identify weaknesses in a bid to remove them. Huawei's approach to investment in the Latin American and Caribbean region is grounded in the model presented in this article, which follows: the creation of a leapfrog environment, an internationalization strategy, and risk management. The needs of a technology-deprived partner changes as they meet industry standards and investing firms must seek to understand and anticipate future needs or risk competition from an innovative supplier.

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DIY: How internationalization shifts the locus of indigenous innovation for Chinese firms

Cited by 38 publications

References 102 publications

Examining Entrepreneurship Through Indigenous Lenses

Examining Entrepreneurship Through Indigenous Lenses

From foreign technology dependence towards greater innovation autonomy: China’s integration into the information and communications technology (ICT) global value chain (GVC)

Huawei Leapfrogging System Integration With TSTT

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