This paper examines how seven process innovations have been shared and adopted (or not adopted) between four factories of a multinational company located in Asia. In contrast to most previous studies in this area, these process innovation diffusions happened in a bottom-up manner in which the...

It is critical for companies in developing countries to transform themselves to innovation from imitation in globalisation. This paper introduces a research exploring the evolution process of a high technology company in Korea from 'imitator' to 'innovator'. It identifies some key...

China has emerged as the second largest economy in the world during the globalization in the last forty years. However, in the last decade, Chinese manufacturing has also demonstrated its dark side causing wide range of concerns globally and directly jeopardize people's health because of serious...