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Innovation in the Local Context: A Case Study of BYD in China
International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Vol.15(2), pp.1-23
2018
Abstract
In this paper, we have used the case of build your dream (BYD) to examine firm innovation in the context of China. From a historical perspective, with its strategic diversification from battery to mobile phone manufacturing to automobile manufacturing, we find that BYD has been innovative in its production method, vertical integration strategy, and design of product for local customers. The effective understanding and leveraging of local contextual factors including supply of labor (especially low cost-highly skilled labor), growing middle class, and local industry environments have played important roles in BYD's innovation in China.
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- Title
- Innovation in the Local Context: A Case Study of BYD in China
- Authors
- Xiaohong ''Iris'' Quan (Corresponding Author) - San Jose State UniversityMark Loon - Bath Spa UniversityJihong Sanderson - Peking University
- Publication details
- International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Vol.15(2), pp.1-23
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
- Date published
- 2018
- DOI
- 10.1142/S0219877018500177
- ISSN
- 1793-6950; 0219-8770
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991066783102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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