innovation. This paper sets out to question this tendency to equate projects and innovation which, in our view, can lead to the … improper use of projects to manage innovation. We argue that, in line with the work on project classification, a distinction …

R&D and innovation have become much more strategic than ever before for the growth of China as well as for its global … societal upgrade. The Chinese authorities have designed an innovation strategy to face new economic and social challenges. The … perspective explaining the legacy of the past in today's choices. In the second part, we illustrate China's catching up strategy …

, new energy vehicles (NEVs) within China. Design/methodology/approach The broad strategic approach of two sectors within … the NEV sector in China, the pure electric vehicle (EV) and the low-speed electric vehicle (LSEV) sectors, are compared … China's future industrial growth and is heavily supported. In contrast, the LSEV sector receives no support from central …

guideline and also illustrates how to apply virtual interaction tools and integrate engineers into the innovation process …

The paper investigates the patterns of persistence of innovation and of the properties of firms' knowledge base (KB …