Title :
Growing Though Innovatively Exploiting Context-Related Knowledge- Cases of Entrepreneurial Firms from China´s Information Technology Industry
Author :
Qiao, Mingzhe ; Chen, Demian
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Tongji Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
The literature indicates that technology, knowledge are important factors on entrepreneurial firm´s growth. Imitation can also be creative and help new ventures defeat industry pioneers. Three cases form Chinese IT industry were selected for study. Conceptual framework was developed for explaining rapid growth of these companies, and its implications to future study and practice is discussed.
Keywords :
economics; innovation management; Chinese IT industry; context-related knowledge; entrepreneurial firm growth; Companies; Industries; Innovation management; Internet; Search engines; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Management and Service Science (MASS), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5325-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5326-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSS.2010.5578185
