LEADER 04609nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910462056103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-54286-2 010 $a9786613855312 010 $a1-118-17634-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000231278 035 $a(EBL)947694 035 $a(OCoLC)804664474 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000736720 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12289469 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000736720 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10782136 035 $a(PQKB)10329439 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC947694 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00115798 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781118176351 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL947694 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10587572 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL385531 035 $a(OCoLC)811404999 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000231278 100 $a20120823d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurunu||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChina fast forward$b[electronic resource] $ethe technologies, green industries and innovations driving the mainland's future /$fBill Dodson 205 $a1st edition 210 $aSingapore $cJohn Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte Ltd.$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-118-17635-9 311 $a1-118-17632-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChina Fast Forward: The Technologies, Green Industries and Innovations Driving the Mainland's Future; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Innovation Nation; Impure Research; The Patronage Party; Gimme a Big ""I""!; What's a Little Intellectual Property Theft between Friends?; Education; Grafting Innovation; A Cautionary Tale; The Glory That Was Ours; Chapter 2: The Fractured Web; Finger on the Button; Filtering for Profit; Just the Internet, Please; Hold the Coffee; Into the Fray; If You Can't Beat 'Em; China Scrums; Chapter 3: The Silicon Paddies of China 327 $aThe Hi-tech Face of China If You Build It, They Will Outsource; Crouching Dragon, Leaping Elephant; A Tale of Two Outsourcers; On the Hunt for BPO in Deepest China; Chapter 4: Heavy Metal; Ships Ahoy!; Fast Car; A Ticket to Ride; Selling into Developing Countries; Chapter 5: Brand China; A National Image Made in China; When Being a Chinese Company Isn't Cool; Beyond Cheap; Management Innovation; The Operation Was a Success. . .; What Was the Plan Again?; Red Flags; Branding Beyond Nationality; Chapter 6: Declaration of Energy Independence; Coal in China's Stocking; Cleaning Up Coal's Act 327 $aEconomics Rules Oily Risers; What a Gas; Breaking the Addiction; Chapter 7: Consider the Alternatives; Wind at My Back; A Little Ray of Sunshine; Damming Neighbors; Nuclear Deterrents; Welcome to Electric Avenue; A Battery of New Energy Technologies; Chapter 8: Errors of Emission; The Dark Side of the Sun; Get the Lead Out; Rare Earths, Common Pollution; When There Is No Longer a Backyard; Chapter 9: Dragon on a Diet; Watergy; Turning Water into Oil; Manufacturing Water; Building Sustainable Cities; Building Energy Efficiency; Green Shoots; ""Dunno Where It Came From"" 327 $aChapter 10: Assembly Required Can't We Be Civil?; ""For We are Living in a Material World . . .""; Onward Christian Soldiers; A Charitable Streak; The Final Innovation; Hot House Innovation; Afterword: The Curse of Steve Jobs; Indigenous, not Ingenious; The Scramble for Energy; Free Exchange; Oops!; A New Dialog of Discovery; Notes; About the Author; Bibliography; Index 330 $aWill China Surpass the United States as an innovation nation? China is tirelessly working to overcome its technological deficiencies by driving R&D initiatives in government and business and adapting Western Internet platforms for domestic use. It is extending its technological reach through a major drive to rival India as a services outsourcing leader and projecting its high-tech brands into the companies and homes of other countries. But whether China succeeds will depend on how it handles such issues as demography, energy dependency, and resource limitations. The environmental 606 $aTechnology$zChina 606 $aIndustries$zChina 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTechnology 615 0$aIndustries 676 $a338.0640951 700 $aDodson$b Bill$0890054 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462056103321 996 $aChina fast forward$91988503 997 $aUNINA