"It's clear that China is the world's next economic superpower. But what isn't so clear is how China will get there by the middle of this century. It now faces tremendous challenges such as fostering innovation, dealing with an ageing population, and coping with a less accommodative global...

Although both infrastructure and innovation play an important role in fostering a country's economic growth, discussion in the literature about how the two are connected is limited. This paper examines the impact of road density on firm innovation in China using a matched patent database at the...

1 Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Background to Design Thinking for new Business Contexts -- 1.3 Structure of Content -- 1.4 Using the Book: A Reader’s Guide -- 2 Evolution of the Relationship Between Design and Business Activities -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Design Thinking and...