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1 online resource (265 pages) |
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Routledge Contemporary China Series |
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Routledge contemporary China series.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction: disruptive innovation from the bottom of the pyramid: the strategic implications for local challengers and global incumbents; PART I The contexts for DI from China and India; 2 Economic competitiveness and disruptive innovation: exploring the macro and micro contexts in China and India; 3 The role of government in an emerging disruptive innovation: the case of E-bikes in China; 4 The emerging pattern of disruptive innovation from the bottom of the pyramid |
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PART II The strategies of DI for local challengers5 Mapping innovations in the disruptive innovation realm in India: what and where in the national pyramid of India; 6 Transformative capacity and absorptive capacity: the rise of Chinese wind turbine manufacturers; 7 Disruptive innovation in China's "shanzhai" cell phone industry: theory-building via case studies; PART III The strategies of DI for global incumbents; 8 Disruptive innovation at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP): what role can Western incumbents play? |
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9 The new wave of disruptive innovation from China: why and how global incumbents need to respond10 Ambidextrous capability: the case of Japanese enterprises; 11 Conclusion: future research agenda; Index |
| Summary |
With the rapid development of China and India as new economic powers in global competition, an obvious question is whether these emerging economies are great opportunities or threats. Whilst answers are bound to differ depending on one's perspective, it is increasingly clear that more local firms, especially local entrepreneurs, from these emerging economies will play a more critical role in global competition by becoming challengers to global incumbents. Indeed, the fact that the majority of their populations are at the bottom of the pyramid, and thus cannot afford products designed for th |
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Print version record |
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Diffusion of innovations -- China
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Diffusion of innovations -- India
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Technological innovations -- China
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Technological innovations -- India
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Entrepreneurship -- China
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Entrepreneurship -- India
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Diffusion of innovations
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Entrepreneurship
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Technological innovations
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China
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136696053 |
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1136696059 |
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