Qingrui Xu

Innovation is widely recognized as a major source of modern productivity growth. Indeed, it is seen as constituting a central process of economic advancement in industrialized countries. Despite this, a considerable gap still exists in knowledge and technological capability between industrialized countries and the more dynamic developing countries such as China. Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are a major contributor to China's economy and SME's contribution to China's GDP is close to 60%.

This book studies the strategy and mechanism of leveraging innovation capability in China's SMEs by applying the theory of Total Innovation Management (TIM), which is the new paradigm of managing innovation in enterprises developed by the Research Center for “Innovation and Development” (shortly RCID) of Zhejiang University, China. According to Eric von Hippel, MIT, RCID is the Top 10 Innovation Management research institutes in the world.

Leverage Innovation Capability probes the strategy and mechanism of leverage the innovation capability in the firm, especially in China's SMEs. It analyzes how the SMEs utilize all the innovation elements in the firm, including Strategy innovation, Tech innovation, marketing innovation, organization innovation, culture innovation, innovation networking, learning and knowledge management, high involvement innovation, cooperation innovation, etc. to leverage innovation capability.

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Contents:

• Theoretical Research on Innovation:

  • Development via Innovative Firms
  • Status of SMEs' Innovation
  • Auditing Innovation Capabilities in SMEs
  • Theoretical Background and Research Design
  • Framework of Total Innovation Management for SMEs
  • Mechanism of Leveraging Innovation Capability via Vision and Strategy
  • Mechanism of Leveraging Innovation Capability via Technology Innovation and Its Management
  • Mechanism of Leveraging SME's Innovation Capability via Organization Innovation
  • Mechanism of Leveraging Innovation Capability via Market Orientation and Related Elements
  • Mechanism of Leveraging Innovation Capability via Corporate Culture and All-Involvement Innovation
  • Mechanism of Leveraging Innovation Capability via Entrepreneurs in SMEs
  • Mechanism of Leveraging Innovation Capability via Networks and All Time-Space Innovation
  • Pathway of Building SME Innovation Capability through Cluster Innovation Systems
  • Innovation Policy for SMEs in China

• Case Studies:

  • Sunyard System Engineering Co., Ltd. (Sunyard)
  • Hangzhou Focused Photonics Inc. (FPI)
  • Hangzhou Honyar Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. (Honyar)
  • Fujian Haiyuan Automatic Equipment(s) Co., Ltd. (Haiyuan)
  • SUPCON Group Co., Ltd. (SUPCON)
  • Jinfuchun Group Co., Ltd. (Jinfuchun)
  • QP Textile Chemical Industry Holding Corporation (QP)
  • Uni-Power Guaranty in Zhejiang Province (UPG)
  • Hangzhou “R&D Design” Corporation (“R&D Design Design”)
  • Randv.com: Reality and Virtuality

Readership: Academics, graduate students, professionals, general public interested in innovation management, China's reform.
Key Features:

• The competing title is the book by Miles, Imperial College; but it didn't systematically cover the scope of SME and the mechanism and strategy of leverage innovation capability