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The Chinese steel industry in transition: industry Perspective on Innovation Policy
Huang, Xueli; Schroder, Bill; Steffens, Paul R. - 1999
There is little empirical research on how the Chinese Government should function in innovation management, particularly … during its critical period of economic transition. This study explores and investigates the Chinese Government’s innovation … management structure, procedures and functions by interviewing government R&D management officials and industrial innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438114
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Do developing economies require creative industries? Some old theory about new China.
Potts, Jason D. - 2009
This paper argues that media and communications theory, as with cultural and creative industries analysis, can benefit from a deeper understanding of economic growth theory. Economic growth theory is elucidated in the context of both cultural and media studies and with respect to modern Chinese...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483502
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Small business and entrepreneurship in the knowledge economy : a comparison of Australia and Sweden
Parker, Rachel L. - 2006
systems of innovation. An analysis of the Australian and Swedish context shows that macroeconomic, regulatory and cultural … innovation systems seems to explain Sweden?s superior performance in small business and entrepreneurial activity in knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483533
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Concerning Inequality, Technology Adoption, and Structural Change
Lahiri, Radhika; Ratnasiri, Shyama - 2007
Empirical evidence suggests that there has been a divergence over time in income distributions across countries and within countries. Furthermore, developing economies show a great deal of diversity in their growth patterns during the process of economic development. For example, some of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437540
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From the Informal to the Formal Sector: Micro-enterprises in a developing economy – research in progress
Dalglish, Carol L. - 2007
Small and micro-enterprises play a significant part in most economies. However, in developing countries these enterprises have tended to be looked at from a development, or poverty alleviation perspective, rather than as potentially growing businesses. This paper explores the possibility of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437548
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Transitions towards an Entrepreneurial Economy: A Case study based investigation of the SME Internationalization Process
Cruz-Carreon, Gilbert - 2007
This study seeks to make a theoretical contribution to the rapidly growing field of International Entrepreneurship by investigating the process of internationalization of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). A substantial portion of the extant literature has focused on the patterns, pace and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437589
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SME Internationalization Processes in a Transitioning Entrepreneurial Economy
Cruz-Carreon, Gilbert - 2006
Researchers need to re-conceptualize their thinking on the internationalization process of smaller firms (Bell, et al 2003). It is therefore the purpose of this study to generate a theoretical contribution to the growing field of International entrepreneurship with a specific focus on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437590
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Industrial Transformation in Austria, Norway and Sweden
Parker, Rachel L. - 2000
The literature on state capacity has suggested that state-industry relations are critical in understanding the structure of industry and the capacity for industry transformation within a particular social context. Further, there appears to be a need for science and technology policies that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437598
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Big project ventures: facilitating a collaborative planning and implementation process
Briggs, Maxwell - 2010
This book is based on a study of a complex project proposal by governments and corporations for a futuristic city, the Multifunction Polis (MFP). It encompasses issues and challenges symptomatic of growth initiatives in the global competitive environment. Academic rigor is applied using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437842
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China's Creative Industries : Copyright, Social Network Markets and the Business of Culture in a Digital Age
Montgomery, Lucy - 2010
China’s Creative Industries explores the role of new technologies, globalization and higher levels of connectivity in re-defining relationships between ‘producers’ and ‘consumers’ in 21st century China. The evolution of new business models, the impact of state regulation, the rise of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438197