Abstract
The global boundaries of innovation, creative imitation and imitation have significantly changed the relative position of many Nation-States and their competitive positions face to global networks and local firms’ development. Chinese production organisations, not casually, are actually involved in the global economic growth as a process of continuous technological innovation and industrial upgrading (creative imitation), with a massive engagement in the local development. Globalization shifted also India to become an important R&D hub in many industries. After years of self-imposed exclusion (for the long, post-colonial license orientation) India has gone beyond the limit of reverse engineering of products developed elsewhere (creative imitation) and has finally joined the global business of innovation and imitation. Finally, the growth model of Italian businesses abroad is consistent with the characteristics of Italian designer products and the country’s fragmented industrial structure, which are reflected in a ‘global gap’. Italian firms are therefore progressively oriented to confine their competitive policies to internal markets, with productions focused on imitation and creative imitation.
Highlights
OvertureGlobalisation has been driven by multinationals' capital and technology (Brondoni 2012c; Sigurdson 1990)
The global competitive landscapes of innovation and imitation have significantly changed the relative position of many Nation-States and the business relations between global networks and local firms
The links between firms have become strategic on a very large scale, and industrial rivalry tends to occur among global networks comprising a multiplicity of firms linked up with different knowledge bases, focused on management of innovation and creative imitation (Brondoni 2012a)
Summary
Globalisation has been driven by multinationals' capital and technology (Brondoni 2012c; Sigurdson 1990). The primacy of knowledge management, the worldwide localisation of production and the new policies of innovation and imitation have been modified in opportunities for global competitive alliances and joint ventures (Brondoni 2012b). In this sense, one of the most important changes in business. The globalisation promoted the growth of new countries, especially in the Far East (e.g. in South Korea, India, Taiwan), with favorable market conditions (especially in terms of low labor costs, low social responsibility, etc.) to develop global corporations focused on imitation and creative imitation (Ernst, Linsu 2001)
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