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Navigable Slide Index
- Introduction
- “Innovation” has become a buzzword
- Is China innovative?
- Debunk the myths
- Statistics don’t tell you much
- Catch–up from bottom up
- The washing machine that washes potatoes
- Innovation is about culture
- The company that has made eBay a dwarf
- Alipay transaction system
- Innovation is about attitudes towards users’ needs
- Technologies that require powerful intervention
- Building telecommunications infrastructure
- Chinese-led 3G mobile standard
- A late-comer competes with world leaders
- Concluding points
- More questions
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Topics Covered
- What is Innovation
- Western view of Chinese innovation
- China's catch-up from bottom up
- Culture and innovation
- China's catch-up from top down
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Shen, X. (2016, November 30). Innovation in China [Video file]. In The Business & Management Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved December 1, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.69645/QJAP6865.Export Citation (RIS)
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0:00
My name is Xiaobai Shen,
senior lecturer
in the University of
Edinburgh Business School
and also the convener
of East Asian Research Network
for ISSTI.
I'm very pleased to be
invited to give a talk
about Innovation in China,
which is my
primary research area.
0:19
Before the talk, I feel
it is important to clarify
what do I mean by innovation.
We know that we use
the term innovation
in many contexts,
it has become a buzzword.
Joseph Schumpeter is considered
the first economist
who put innovation
in the central stage
in understanding
the economic system,
according to him,
innovation which involves
a technological change
and entrepreneurship
is the key driver
of economic growth.
However, all usage
of the notion of innovation
now has extended
considerably over time.
Initially,
innovation was conceived
in terms of
the technological change,
technological innovation,
including both innovation
and product design
but also
in production processes.
And the notion has been
extended to include
innovation in business models
and services.
Today, the notion
is no longer limited
to characterize
technical changes
but also includes
organization changes,
changes of a wider social,
cultural, and institutional
elements.
Recently, the attention is paid
not only to innovative firms
but also to broader national
and regional innovation systems.
For example,
sector system of innovation,
knowledge institutions,
and innovative governance.
The way I use the term
innovation here
is not in a narrow sense
of changes
in the technology paradigm,
as highlighted, for example,
by a evolutionary economist.
I adopt instead a more
inclusive view of the innovation
on the lines
prevailing UK business school
and also in my area
of studies is a business
and social study of technology.