Qiwen Lu
China's Leap into the Information Age
Innovation and Organization in the Computer Industry
Oxford UP, 2000
What's inside?
China’s largest tech companies, which emerged from the reforms of the 1990s, provide computers, software, servers and components to the world’s largest market — and they’re making very capitalistic profits.
Recommendation
Chinese tech firm is an oxymoron, right? Not at all, according to this intriguing work by the late professor Qiwen Lu. This book, fascinating at times, offers an in-depth look at four successful Chinese tech enterprises. Taking each of the four as a case study, Lu thoroughly illustrates the challenges facing a bureaucracy attempting to break into a fast-changing industry. In spite of its good points, Lu's book isn't perfect. The text is laden with jargon, and at times it's difficult to understand exactly how these enterprises are organized. Still, there's plenty to like about this book. getAbstract recommends it to anyone interested in emerging economies, technology or international trade, or to anyone willing to have their expectations overturned.
Summary
About the Author
The late Qiwen Lu was assistant professor of Asian business at the European Institute of Business Information in Fontainebleau, France. He died of liver cancer in August 1999, shortly after finishing this book.
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