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Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2015

Phillip Phan ,
Jing Zhou  and
Eric Abrahamson
Phillip Phan
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Jing Zhou
Affiliation:
Rice University, USA
Eric Abrahamson
Affiliation:
Columbia University, USA
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Abstract

As the largest and fastest growing transition economy in the world, China's entrance onto the global stage has been swift and dramatic. As such, almost every facet of entrepreneurship, from the identification of nascent opportunities to the challenges of managing triple-digit growth to the transformation of firms from dying to emerging industries, can be studied as natural experiments. The four papers in this issue are dedicated to exploring entrepreneurial innovation in the Chinese private economy. They include two clinical studies, one on the impact of the Beijing Olympics on entrepreneurship, and the other on the co-evolution of guanxi networks and entrepreneurial growth. Two studies test theories explaining the organizational drivers of innovation and entrepreneurship. In the best traditions, these four studies offer theoretical insights on the broader implications of entrepreneurship research in the Chinese context. We locate the findings offered by these four papers in the systems, organizational and social contexts of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship research. Finally, we offer some suggestions for future research and ways in which advances in the theoretical conversation should proceed.

Keywords

creativityentrepreneurshipguanxiinnovationmega-event创造力创业关系创新大型事件
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From the Guest Editors
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Management and Organization Review , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , July 2010 , pp. 175 - 194
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Copyright © International Association for Chinese Management Research 2010

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