Uncovering the Historical Process and Micro Mechanism of China’s Indigenous Innovation in the High-Tech Industry: A Comment on Li Yin’s China’s Drive for the Technology Frontier:Indigenous Innovation in the High-Tech Industry

Abstract

China’s Drive for the Technology Frontier: Indigenous Innovation in the High-Tech Industry, a new book by Prof. Li Yin of Fudan University, has employed the framework of “social conditions of innovative enterprise” to investigate the historical process of China’s telecommunication equipment and semiconductor industry, arriving at the conclusion that strategic control, organizational integration and financial commitment contributes to firms’ indigenous innovation. From the perspective of innovative enterprise, this book dives into innovative firms and uncovers the micro mechanism of innovation processes, which is helpful for readers to understand the drive of China’s indigenous innovation and valuable for policy makers, and those scholars interested in innovation or catch-up studies.