This book presents for the first time a detailed and comprehensive interpretation of Zhongguancun, China’s first national self-dependent innovation demonstration zone. Explored in the book are examples of world-class, leading enterprises in fields, such as the Internet, big data, artificial...

Cloud Evolution -- Cloudonomics -- Cloud Security -- Cloud Standards -- China Dreams -- Connecting the Possibilities -- Cloud Use Cases -- China Firsts -- Cloud in Motion -- Clouds of Change -- Cloud Factory -- The Art of Cloud Wars.

The Geography of Small Firm Innovation offers a unique look at the importance of geographic proximity to the innovative activity of high-tech small firms. The book explores the concentration of innovation across metropolitan areas in the United States during the 1990s, by introducing a novel...

Introduction -- Part I: Theories and Concepts of Innovation Policy -- Part II: National Systems of Innovation and High-tech Policies -- Part III: Sectoral Perspectives on Innovation Policy -- Part IV: Conclusions

China and India have both received a great amount of focus from the foreign investors. However, there are acute differences in the implementation of the economic reforms; China made rapid progress in the manufacture of high technology products, whilst India progressed in the development of high...

Progress in telecommunications and infrastructure, coupled with liberalization in international organizations, has introduced a number of new competitors to existing SMEs. This book analyzes strategic aspects of SME development that may help to promote growth: high-tech development, productivity...

How did Japanese companies, technology-supporting organizations, and governments reformulate organizational strategies, industrial structures, and institutions to revive Japanese high-tech industries in the 1990s? This book takes a comprehensive look at this question by integrating the fields of...

A Einführung in die Arbeit -- B Darstellung der Ausgangssituation -- C Marktversagen -- D Strategische Handelspolitik -- E Konkurrenzverhalten der Wettbewerbskräfte -- F Schlussfolgerungen -- Quellenverzeichnis.