The organization of innovation in a transitional economy: business and government in Chinese electronic publishing

The national innovation system that emerged in China in the 1990s integrates government science and technology efforts, typically through the intermediation of public research institutes, with the business activities of industrial enterprises. In illustrating the institutional and organizational characteristics of this innovation system, the case study of Founder Group, world leader in pictographic-language electronic publishing systems, demonstrates both the strategic role of the state in the process of change and the increasing importance for economic success of the integration of investment strategy and organizational learning in industrial enteprises that compete for domestic and global markets. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.