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J Technol Transfer (2007) 32:123126
DOI 10.1007/s10961-006-9003-1
George F. Farris
Published online: 29 September 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2006
Abstract Research on innovation management and technology transfer in China is in its early stages and growing rapidly, as technology is transferred to Chinese organizations and the organizations themselves create innovations. The studies to date provide promising theoretical ideas, but specic ndings should be regarded as tentative, due to the research designs and methods employed. As with early research on innovation in the West, it is likely that these early studies of innovation in China will have signicant impact on innovation research and practice in the future, both in China and throughout the world.
Keywords Innovation management China Globalization Technology transfer
JEL Classication O31 O32
China is an exciting place to be at the beginning of the 21st Century. The economy in much of the country is undergoing tremendous growth, organizations and the business environment are being transformed, and prosperity is beginning to spread to many sectors of society and regions of the country. Technological innovation is playing an important role in these developments. Much of the innovation originates abroad and is transferred to organizations in China, but increasingly, innovation is occurring in Chinese organizations themselves and transferred among them.
At the same time, management research in China is beginning to develop rapidly. Faculty are being trained, professional associations are being formed, and conferences are being held. Chinese management researchers are submitting papers to international journals in record numbers. Among the emerging areas of research interest is the management of technological innovation.
G. F. Farris (&)
Department of Management and Global Business, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick, 302 Management Education Center, 111 Washington Street,Newark, NJ 07102-3027, USAe-mail: [email protected]
Research on innovation management and technology transfer in China
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The papers in this special issue represent some of the rst of this research. They span a wide range of topics relevant to innovation in China today: Total Innovation Management, (TIM) product and process innovation in state owned enterprises (SOEs), ways Chinese rms can compete with multinational enterprises, and knowledge transfer within transnational corporations active in China. The papers employ a variety of research methods, including case studies, surveys, and inductive...