China's Leap Into The Information Age

This book is about how four Chinese computer companies, the Stone Group, the Legend Group, the Founder Group, and the China Great Wall Computer Group, were able to compete with Western multinationals. The author, who is from China, looks at the development of these companies and how they were able to learn and compete in the information age. He provides evidence of indigenous Chinese innovative capabilities in these companies. This book is a must read for anyone interested in technological development and institutional change during China's reform era, as well as those scholars and practitioners of technological advancement in developing countries.

During the 1990s, China made rapid strides to catch up with the West in computer and information technologies. The author of this work takes an inside look at the development of four large Chinese domestic computer enterprises (the Stone Group, the Legend Group, the Founder Group and the China Great Wall Computer Group) from their inception to their establishment as multi-billion-dollar businesses. He shows how and why indigenous Chinese high-tech firms gained technology capabilities and modern marketing know-how, and how they were able to compete directly with Western multinationals. Review: This book scores high on both its readability and its strong conceptual underpinning ... the findings of this book are profound, in that the author discovered a unique mode of technology learning and provided strong evidence of indigenous innovative capabilities in Chinese enterprises. Technovation A must read for those who are interested in technological development and accompanying institutional change during China's reform era, as well as those scholars and practitioners of technological advancement in developing countries. The China Quarterly