• DocumentCode
    2339332
  • Title

    Explore Innovation Dynamics of Telemedicine Industry: A Case Study of Beijing Tongji Hospital

  • Author

    Chen, Cen ; Bin, Li

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for the Dev. of Central China, Wuhan Univ., Wuhan, China
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    23-25 April 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    This case study is to explore a new form of strategy alliance in telemedicine industry, especially where radical innovations are crucial but the implementation needs excess resource to carry out. Telemedicine industry is selected for its innovation-intensive nature. The methodology of case study is adopted for the real-field research in Beijing Tongji Hospital. Implicit from the case is important for most high-technology medical industries, which indicates that in order to maintain the activeness of telemedicine industrial innovation dynamics, the leading competitors in the industry could share their knowledge and resource with small start-ups to create a sustainable innovative medical industry ecology.
  • Keywords
    innovation management; knowledge management; strategic planning; telemedicine; Beijing Tongji Hospital; knowledge sharing; medical industry; radical innovation dynamics; strategy alliance; sustainable innovative ecology; telemedicine industry; Companies; Environmental factors; Hospitals; Industrial economics; Innovation management; Project management; Resource management; Technological innovation; Telemedicine; Uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science (ICBECS), 2010 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Wuhan
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5315-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICBECS.2010.5462380
  • Filename
    5462380