Nov 26, 2008
William Bao Bean reckons China’s creativity rivals Silicon Valley, while Vivek Wadhwa argues China is full of copycats. Elliot Ng‘s take: China has strong adaptive creativity. This means that Chinese companies show tremendous amounts of creativity in adapting concepts developed in other markets to the particularities of China, whether they are government restrictions or market
Aug 4, 2008
Rebecca Fannin, author of the recently published Silicon Dragon, adds her voice to the debate between William Bao Bean – Expect more Digital Garages in China – and Vivek Wadhwa – China is NOT the new Silicon Valley – about whether China’s tech sector is creative. Not surprisingly, given the title of her book, Fannin
Jun 26, 2008
Vivek Wadhwa is a Wertheim Fellow at the Harvard Law School and executive in residence at Duke University who specializes in studying innovation in business. He was formerly a tech entrepreneur who founded two tech companies. His studies, published at Globalization Research, have included looking at the level of innovation in China, the relative gap
Jun 24, 2008
While William Bao Bean said in a recent interview that we should Expect More Digital Garages in China, Vivek Wadhwa disagrees, asserting that China is not innovating and has still has not moved beyond copycat status. “China is simply unable to innovate,” said Wadhwa, a Harvard fellow and Duke University professor. A former technology entrepreneur,
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Thomas Crampton was a correspondent for the
International Herald Tribune and The New York Times for more than a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and covering Asian politics, economics and culture. Currently based in Hong Kong, he writes here about China, the Internet and New Media seen from Asia, while also advising companies on digital communication strategies. For more information click here...
