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Innovative China

Innovation Race Between East and West

  • Intriguing ideas for dealing with Innovative China for managers, politicians and academics
  • Unique insight in both Chinese and Western decision making on high level in government and corporations
  • Focus on creation of competitive advantage while dealing with the new trends of innovation and creating new firms and industries
  • Written by authors with long term and top level hands on experience in academia and industry in China and Europe ?
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Reshuffling the World

    • Taco C. R. van Someren, Shuhua van Someren-Wang
    Pages 1-26
  3. Chinese Culture, Strategy, and Innovation

    • Taco C. R. van Someren, Shuhua van Someren-Wang
    Pages 27-56
  4. Innovation Policies in China, the USA, and the EU

    • Taco C. R. van Someren, Shuhua van Someren-Wang
    Pages 57-112
  5. Demystifying Strategic Innovation

    • Taco C. R. van Someren, Shuhua van Someren-Wang
    Pages 113-169
  6. Strategic Innovation in Practice

    • Taco C. R. van Someren, Shuhua van Someren-Wang
    Pages 171-219
  7. How to Win the Battle on Innovation?

    • Taco C. R. van Someren, Shuhua van Someren-Wang
    Pages 221-257

About this book

China is trying to turn its labor, capital and resources intensive, lower added-value and export dependent growth into a sustainable innovative economy. This is changing the world’s power balance and has sparked a race between East and West in knowledge-based, high added-value economic innovation. Inspired by their extensive experience in doing business with China, the authors show how the US, the EU and China have reached a crossroad where ten battle fields decide about their future earning capacity and prosperity. Whether China will be a threat or an opportunity depends on the main players in government, public and private organizations rethinking their innovation policies and paths of business development. This books offers a new view on innovation which can be applied by corporate leaders and policy makers to get ready for the future. ​

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ynnovate, Hilversum, Netherlands

    Taco C.R. Someren, Shuhua Someren-Wang

About the authors

Professor Dr. Taco C.R. van Someren is founder of Strategic Innovation Theory. His PhD (summa cum laude) thesis published in 1991 at the Tinbergen Institute on “Innovation, Emulation and Time” is one of the first book in this field. Educated as an economist at Erasmus University, he enriched his knowledge as manager in the consumer goods industry, partner at KPMG (The Netherlands), co-founder and Geschäftsführer of Germans KPMG Sustainability, and Professor and guest Professor at Dutch and Chinese universities. He is Seconded Innovation Expert at the European Commission. He founded Ynnovate in 2003. Ynnovate is an international operating investment and advisory company specialized in sustainable growth and creating organizations of the future. It provides tailor-made high level business solutions for governmental and private corporations in sectors such as energy, water, automotive, chemicals, manufactory and professional services. He is author of several books and numerous articles.

Dr. Shuhua van Someren-Wang was born and raised in China and lives since 1997 in Europe. She was the first woman in China to receive a PhD on sustainability management (1996) and was the co-founder of the first sustainability advisory organization in China. She built up her experiences working at both Chinese and European governments and firms. She now advises (central) government and multinationals on China strategy. She shares this knowledge by teaching at several universities and writing articles and books.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Innovative China

  • Book Subtitle: Innovation Race Between East and West

  • Authors: Taco C.R. Someren, Shuhua Someren-Wang

  • Series Title: Management for Professionals

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36237-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-36236-1Published: 17 May 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42991-0Published: 24 June 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-36237-8Published: 08 July 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2192-8096

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-810X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 257

  • Topics: Emerging Markets/Globalization, Innovation/Technology Management

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eBook USD 39.99
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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