The Chinese Steel Industry in Transition: Industry Perspective on Innovation Policy

R & D Management, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 17-25, 1999

29 Pages Posted: 10 Nov 2008

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Xueli Huang

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Bill Schroder

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Paul Steffens

Queensland University of Technology - School of Management

Date Written: 1999

Abstract

There is little empirical research on how the Chinese Government should function in innovation management, particularly during its critical period of economic transition. This study explores and investigates the Chinese Government's innovation management structure, procedures and functions by interviewing government R&D management officials and industrial innovation managers and users. Questionnaires were distributed to industrial innovation practitioners and users of new steel products to solicit their perspectives on innovation policy issues. Findings indicate that current government innovation management procedures have received a tepid welcome from industry. While there was general agreement that the government should maintain some involvement in industrial innovation, opinions regarding just how the government should intervene differed significantly between producers and users. Producers generally favoured more indirect government involvement. Policy implications are discussed.

Keywords: Paul Steffens, Knowledge management, Innovation, China, Policy

Suggested Citation

Huang, Xueli and Schroder, Bill and Steffens, Paul, The Chinese Steel Industry in Transition: Industry Perspective on Innovation Policy (1999). R & D Management, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 17-25, 1999, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1263775

Xueli Huang

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Bill Schroder

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Paul Steffens (Contact Author)

Queensland University of Technology - School of Management ( email )

Brisbane, Queensland 4001
Australia

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