Adam Segal is Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow in China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Digital Dragon provides an engrossing account of China's efforts to develop nongovernmental high-technology firms as a means of increasing the country's indigenous technological capability.... Through its rich case studies, Digital Dragon offers a complex picture of how high-tech enterprises must be nurtured by a mix of relative autonomy.... Segal's absorbing analysis is highly recommended to sinologists and generalists alike.- Thomas G. Moore (Perspectives on Politics) In Digital Dragon, Segal persuasively argues that the state has played a key role in technology development in China, but it is the local, rather than central state.... Digital Dragon is an important work because it represents a new breed of research, one that is attempting to provide a more nuanced understanding of how state-business relations lead to economic outcomes. It is certainly not the first work to focus on local governments in China, but it is one of the first to specify with such care the range of institutional structures that exist and how they correspond to the economic needs of a particular industrial sector.- Eric Thun (Pacific Affairs) Segal has succeeded in painting a vivid portrait of local backgrounds in the four regions under consideration, starting from interviews with local government officials and entrepreneurs. Anyone who wants to trade with or invest in China will gain a lot from reading this book.(Leonardo) This book contains a lot of useful information about some of the celebrated minying enterprises and high-tech development zones, as well as about the government policies and measures related to their success. It is highly readable, and suitable both for business practitioners and for social scientists interested in the state's role in economic development.- Bennis Wai-yip So (China Journal) This book is packed with solid information and exceptional insights.... Segal examines the record of firms in four cities and concludes that success or failure depends very much on the practices of the local governments. The importance of this factor explains one of his most surprising findings: that Beijing firms were more successful than those in Shanghai, where local authorities concentrated their support for high-tech developments on only the large state-owned enterprises and multinationals. In short, there is no getting around the role of government.(Foreign Affairs)

Adam Segal is Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow in China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Digital Dragon provides an engrossing account of China's efforts to develop nongovernmental high-technology firms as a means of increasing the country's indigenous technological capability.... Through its rich case studies, Digital Dragon offers a complex picture of how high-tech enterprises must be nurtured by a mix of relative autonomy.... Segal's absorbing analysis is highly recommended to sinologists and generalists alike.- Thomas G. Moore (Perspectives on Politics) In Digital Dragon, Segal persuasively argues that the state has played a key role in technology development in China, but it is the local, rather than central state.... Digital Dragon is an important work because it represents a new breed of research, one that is attempting to provide a more nuanced understanding of how state-business relations lead to economic outcomes. It is certainly not the first work to focus on local governments in China, but it is one of the first to specify with such care the range of institutional structures that exist and how they correspond to the economic needs of a particular industrial sector.- Eric Thun (Pacific Affairs) Segal has succeeded in painting a vivid portrait of local backgrounds in the four regions under consideration, starting from interviews with local government officials and entrepreneurs. Anyone who wants to trade with or invest in China will gain a lot from reading this book.(Leonardo) This book contains a lot of useful information about some of the celebrated minying enterprises and high-tech development zones, as well as about the government policies and measures related to their success. It is highly readable, and suitable both for business practitioners and for social scientists interested in the state's role in economic development.- Bennis Wai-yip So (China Journal) This book is packed with solid information and exceptional insights.... Segal examines the record of firms in four cities and concludes that success or failure depends very much on the practices of the local governments. The importance of this factor explains one of his most surprising findings: that Beijing firms were more successful than those in Shanghai, where local authorities concentrated their support for high-tech developments on only the large state-owned enterprises and multinationals. In short, there is no getting around the role of government.(Foreign Affairs)

Adam Segal is Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow in China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Digital Dragon provides an engrossing account of China's efforts to develop nongovernmental high-technology firms as a means of increasing the country's indigenous technological capability.... Through its rich case studies, Digital Dragon offers a complex picture of how high-tech enterprises must be nurtured by a mix of relative autonomy.... Segal's absorbing analysis is highly recommended to sinologists and generalists alike.- Thomas G. Moore (Perspectives on Politics) In Digital Dragon, Segal persuasively argues that the state has played a key role in technology development in China, but it is the local, rather than central state.... Digital Dragon is an important work because it represents a new breed of research, one that is attempting to provide a more nuanced understanding of how state-business relations lead to economic outcomes. It is certainly not the first work to focus on local governments in China, but it is one of the first to specify with such care the range of institutional structures that exist and how they correspond to the economic needs of a particular industrial sector.- Eric Thun (Pacific Affairs) Segal has succeeded in painting a vivid portrait of local backgrounds in the four regions under consideration, starting from interviews with local government officials and entrepreneurs. Anyone who wants to trade with or invest in China will gain a lot from reading this book.(Leonardo) This book contains a lot of useful information about some of the celebrated minying enterprises and high-tech development zones, as well as about the government policies and measures related to their success. It is highly readable, and suitable both for business practitioners and for social scientists interested in the state's role in economic development.- Bennis Wai-yip So (China Journal) This book is packed with solid information and exceptional insights.... Segal examines the record of firms in four cities and concludes that success or failure depends very much on the practices of the local governments. The importance of this factor explains one of his most surprising findings: that Beijing firms were more successful than those in Shanghai, where local authorities concentrated their support for high-tech developments on only the large state-owned enterprises and multinationals. In short, there is no getting around the role of government.(Foreign Affairs)