LEADER 04278nam 2200649 450 001 9910460777403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-60649-441-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000452631 035 $a(EBL)2098603 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001606594 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16316443 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001606594 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14896509 035 $a(PQKB)11180239 035 $a(OCoLC)954631814 035 $a(CaBNVSL)swl00405380 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2098603 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2098603 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11085715 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL815449 035 $a(OCoLC)914434023 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000452631 100 $a20150807d2015 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInnovation in China $ethe tail of the dragon /$fWilliam H.A. Johnson 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :$cBusiness Expert Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (158 p.) 225 1 $aInternational business collection,$x1948-2760 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60649-440-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 127-137) and index. 327 $a1. Tail of the dragon, interpreting innovation in China -- 2. A historical perspective on innovation in China -- 3. Economic perspective on innovation in China -- 4. A political perspective on innovation in China -- 5. Legal perspective on innovation in China -- 6. Educational perspective on innovation in China -- 7. A cultural perspective on innovation in China -- 8. Innovation as a middle way for the Middle Kingdom? -- Notes -- References -- Index. 330 3 $aA word often used today regarding China is innovation, as if the concept were new to the eastern country. Most people know, however, that China was a juggernaut in creating new technologies and at one time was the innovation king of the world--but that was at least seven centuries ago! Today, the great oriental power is attempting once again to take the throne of innovation for its own. But this desire to usurp the throne, which had been diligently taken by the West during the Scientific Revolution, has placed an almost unrealistic emphasis on innovation. In Innovation in China: The Tail of the Dragon, Professor Johnson explores the issues and actors involved in making innovation the emphasis in China. He uses a simple systems model of innovation and various perceptual lenses. The lenses are aimed at the historical, economic, political, legal, educational and cultural elements of an innovation-based society. All of these elements are intimately related to each other in an effective innovation system. After various travels he has made to China and research on the subject, Dr. Johnson questions whether the push towards proactive self-sustaining innovation has been effective to date and prognosticates where it may be going. He cautions that although innovation is the "tail that wagged the dog" and is driving a lot of business and political activities in China these days, the dragon is awakened and that the rest of the world must take China seriously as an innovation power. After reading the book, the reader will understand more about how innovation is happening in China and by whom. More importantly, the reader will begin a journey of learning more about where the country is going as it relentlessly continues its drive to create an innovation-based society and to become once again, in terms appropriate to its history, the emperor of innovation. 410 0$aInternational business collection.$x1948-2760 606 $aTechnological innovations$zChina 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aChina 610 $aculture 610 $aeconomic development 610 $aeducation 610 $ainnovation 615 0$aTechnological innovations 676 $a338.0640951 700 $aJohnson$b William H. A.$0154174 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460777403321 996 $aInnovation in China$92152094 997 $aUNINA