Frontiers on Research of Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Review of the Keynotes of “The 2015 International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship”

Abstract

“The 2015 International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship” was successfully held on 12th and 13th of December 2015 by Jilin University. The attendees’ views of the conference follow: First, the innovation and entrepreneurship of China is now attracting the attention of scholars all over the world, yet the research has seldom been published in the world’s top journal. Chinese scholars need to discuss the theory more deeply and develop general conclusions, to build and establish a common theoretical language, which matches with that of the world. Second, at present, the research on innovation and entrepreneurship in China is still based on the western management theory, lacking the integration of Chinese traditional theory and culture. Chinese scholars need to build an eastern management theory which portrays the Chinese situation. Third, the research on innovation and entrepreneurship is gradually changing into qualitative research and case studies and the rich and objective secondary data has been playing more of an important role in each study, Chinese scholars should pay more attention to this previous research. The success of this conference contributes to the development of the Chinese research field and theory of innovation and entrepreneurship.