Managing Foreign R&D in China: Managers of international R&D and innovation in China relate the lessons they have learned—what works and what doesn't. Issue 3 (4th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: von Zedtwitz, Maximilian; Ikeda, Tadashi; Gong, Li; Carpenter, Richard; Hämäläinen, Seppo
• Is Part Of: Research technology management. Volume 61:Issue 3(2018)
• Page Start: 29
• Page End: 37
• Publication Date: 2018-05-04
• Subjects: International R&D -- Emerging economies -- China; Research, Industrial -- Management -- Periodicals; New products -- Management -- Periodicals; 658.57
• DOI: 10.1080/08956308.2018.1436347
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0895-6308

Abstract

OVERVIEW: China has become one of the most desired locations in which to do R&D. However, it has little innovation of its own, and intellectual property protection is weak. This raises questions: Is China R&D more hype than reality? Do cost advantages really outweigh the risk of losing technology to Chinese competitors? Lessons learned from managing R&D in China show that in order to avoid the typical pitfalls of managing R&D in a developing country, any China-based R&D must be part of an overall China strategy and must also be part of a global R&D effort.