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Cracking the Chinese SME Innovation Frontier: Crossing the Imitation Chasm

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  • Kim Hua Tan

    (Nottingham University Business School, United Kingdom)

  • Leanne Chung

    (Cardiff Business School, United Kingdom)

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On product development capabilities, many researchers argue the development stages of early Japanese and Korean manufacturing industry could be summed up as ‘from imitation to innovation’. But, will Chinese manufacturers follow the same product innovation development path? This paper aims to identify the Chinese SMEs’ unique product innovation development stages. Specifically, this paper addresses one key research question i.e. what are the unique Chinese SMEs product innovation development stages? The results identified that Chinese SMEs’ product innovation development can be catogoried into three unique stages that are distinguished from the Japanese and South Korean path. The results provided interesting insights into how SMEs in different industries cultivated their skills and knowledge under their unique innovation development stages. This study contributes to the SMEs literature especially on the product innovation development stages in China, and other developing countries.

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  • Kim Hua Tan & Leanne Chung, 2015. "Cracking the Chinese SME Innovation Frontier: Crossing the Imitation Chasm," Managing Intellectual Capital and Innovation for Sustainable and Inclusive Society: Managing Intellectual Capital and Innovation; Proceedings of the MakeLearn and TIIM Joint International Conference 2,, ToKnowPress.
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