Innovative Capabilities and the Globalization of Chinese Firms

Edited by Maureen McKelvey, Professor, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Jun Jin, Associate Professor, School of Management, Zhejiang University, China

'Maureen McKelvey has succeeded in producing yet another stunning volume, in this instance exploring how Chinese firms are developing capabilities for innovation and globalization. This book, which reflects the perspective of knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems, lifts readers with a critical conceptual leap that makes the transformation of industry understandable.'

• Contents:1. Introduction to Innovative Capabilities and the Globalization of Chinese FirmsMaureen McKelvey and Jun Jin2. Becoming Leaders: How the Chinese knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystem affects the firms’ search for innovationJun Jin and Maureen McKelvey3. Evaluation of Science Parks in China through an Innovation Ecosystem PerspectiveXiangdong Chen, Zhichun Liu, Valerie Marleen Hunstock4. The Influence of Patent Cooperation Network on Growth of Technology-based SMEs: An Example of the Pharmaceutical Industry in ChinaLiying Wang, Jiamin Wang, and Weijia Yu5. What enables technological self-reliance? Theoretical Discussion and Comparative Case StudyXi Sun6. Chinese Multi-national Enterprises Bridging Technologies Across Home and Host RegionsVito Amendolagine, Elisa Giuliani, Arianna Martinelli, and Roberta Rabellotti7. Internationalisation for Technological Capability Building: From Production to Innovation in a Case Study of Goldwind TechnologyJu Liu8. Technology transfer and the internationalization process of the emerging market firm: A case study of the acquisition of Volvo Car Corporation by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Claes G. Alvstam and Inge Ivarsson9. Ideal Types of Reverse Innovation for Firms without Overseas R&D Centers: Case Studies of Chinese FirmsJun Jin, Min Guo, Maureen McKelvey, Zhengyi Zhang 10. Indigenous Chinese innovation and the influence of global marketsAstrid Heidenmann Lassen11. A Case Study of the Link between Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Creation in an Emerging Technology in ChinaPeder Veng Søberg12. CEVT of Geely: CEVT is a Broker between Geely and Volvo Cars and a Global FacilitatorJun Jin, Maureen McKelvey, Zhengyi Zhang13. Fit into Innovation Ecosystems: Case Studies of Huawei and XiaomiXingkun Liang, Xianwei Shi, Yongjiang Shi14. ConclusionsMaureen McKelvey and Jun JinIndex