China's Industrial Technology: Market Reform and Organisational Change

by Shulin Gu

Overview

Offering a comprehensive review of reform policy, followed by an examination of major approaches to institutional restructuring, Shulin Gu explores the way in which China's industrial technology has responded to economic reforms. At the heart of the work is the argument that market reform and organisational change are closely interdependent. Gu outlines the interaction of the two in China and reveals the damage which may result if market reform is not accompanied by new organisational design. Analysis of these issues is drawn from first-hand experience of Chinese technology systems, supported by insights from technological innovation economics and transaction cost economics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134738328
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/14/2004
Series:	UNU/INTECH Studies in New Technology and Development
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	440
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Shulin Gu

Table of Contents

Foreword Charles Cooper Part 1 A Review of Reform Policy for the S&T System in China: From Paid Transactions for Technology to Organisational Restructuring 1. An Introduction to Reform Policy 2. The Pre-'Decision' Period - Reformation of Planning Practice (1978-1985) 3. The Decision on S&T Management System Reform (1985): The Creation of a 'Technological Market' 4. Merging R&D Institutes into Existing Enterprises (1987) 5. Spin-off Enterprises and the Torch Programme (1988) 6. The Transformation of Established R&D Institutes (since the 1990s) 7. Concluding Remarks Appendix: Statistical Data on China's R&D System Part 2 Spin-off Enterprises: Chanelling the Components of R&D Institutions into Innovative Businesses 1. Introduction 2. An Overview: The Launch of the Torch Programme and the Development of Spin-off Enterprises 3. The Initiation of the NTEs 4. The Technological Activities of the NTEs 5. Concluding Remarks Part 3: The Machinery Technology R&D Institutes: Transforming the Established Industrial Technology Institutions 1. Introduction 2. The Development of Machinery Industry in China prior to Market Reforms: Industry Performance and R&D Institutions 3. General Trends in the Transformation of the Machinery Industry: The Extent and Direction of the Market Reform of Government-run R&D Institutes 4. The Transformation of the 'Product Technology' R&D Institutes 5. The Transformation of the 'Manufacturing Technology' R&D Institutes 6. Technological Trajectories 7. Institutional Restructuring: Internal and External Contractual Relationships

Editorial Reviews

'...this book has entailed considerable effort to untangle a very complex and somewhat unique process, and the author has done so very successfully...the book should attract a wide audience among academics...as well as policy makers who want to learn how the technology infrastructure of China has been transformed.' - Dr. Q. Wang, Research Policy [vol.30, no.7, pp 1160-1, 2001]

'The book is a valuable addition to the literature on China's science and industry policies.' - Cong Cao, The China Journal

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