Wu, Jie; Zhang, Xinhe; Zhuo, Shuaihe; Meyer, Martin; Bin, Li - 2022
Purpose–The authors attempt to answer the basic questions: How is imitation tied to innovation? This question is … addressed in the context of China’s innovation system in the 2000s where Chinese industrial firms simultaneously implement … innovation and imitation strategies in their new product developments. Design/methodology/approach–The authors first build on …