China's Path to Innovation

Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Innovation in China since the reforms: an overview; Part I. International Knowledge Transfer and Technological Take-off: 3. Foreign direct investment, absorptive capacity and innovation in Chinese regions; 4. Processing trade, FDI and international competitiveness of the Chinese high-technology industries; 5. Indigenous and foreign innovation efforts and technological upgrading in China; Part II. Development of Indigenous Innovation Capacity and Catch-up; 6. The role of state policy in shaping innovation practices: the case of open innovation in China; 7. Open innovation as a response to constraints and resources; 8. The dual role of universities in industrial innovation: comparing China and the UK; 9. Technological learning, tacit knowledge acquisition and industrial upgrading: the Chinese optical fibre and cable industry; 10. Leapfrogging in green technology: the solar-PV industry in China and India; Part III. Towards a Global Innovation Leader: 11. Internationalisation, reverse learning and capabilities upgrading: the case of Huawei and ZTE; 12. International collaboration and radical innovation; 13. Innovation efficiency and the cross-country gaps in innovation; 14. Incentives, institutions and national innovation performances; 15. Conclusions: open national innovation system and China's path to innovation; References; Index.