‘China Fast Forward: The Technologies, Green Industries and
Innovations Driving the Mainland’s Future’ takes readers on a
fascinating account of the key challenges facing China as it becomes a
global economic leader. The book focuses on the areas of most concern to
many around the world—environment, technology and innovation—and how
China's handling of these will affect the future of the world.
Everyone knows that China is on the fast track to becoming a truly
international superpower, but can it maintain its success? Endless
horror stories—from tainted pet food to railroad disasters—severely
undermine the nation's aspirations and, as a result, China now finds
itself at a critical juncture: it can adopt a more sustainable approach
that will allow it to continue as a dynamic powerhouse, or it can fall
far short of its incredible potential.
Analyst Bill Dodson investigates how China’s adoption and adaptation of
foreign technology and processes has helped the country modernize its
economy at a blistering pace for nearly 30 years. In ‘China Fast
Forward: The Technologies, Green Industries and Innovations Driving the
Mainland’s Future’ (John Wiley & Sons, August 2012, ISBN:
978-1-118-17632-0, Hardcover), Dodson explores the hot discussion of
whether China will become the “next Silicon Valley”, displacing the
United States from its mantle as the world’s most innovative country.
Business owners considering doing business in China or who already have
business in China will benefit from these in-depth discussions of:
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The limitations of China’s policy to adopt and adapt foreign
technology and innovations to suit its domestic market and export
ambitions.
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The real challenges Western and Chinese managers who run innovation
shops with hiring talent and protecting intellectual property face.
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An on-the-ground survey and analysis of China’s renewable and clean
energy sector that identifies the kinds of projects and technologies
Chinese enterprises and local governments are hungry for.
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Case studies comparing Chinese-only with Western and Indian services
outsourcing companies based in China.
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An examination of the degree to which China’s central government
interferes with and invests in Chinese internet service providers,
some of whom find the government itself their greatest liability.
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The challenges Chinese companies present Western multinationals in the
marketing and sales of Brand China in international markets.
‘China Fast Forward’ is an exploration of how China's new
technology and service sectors are forcing Chinese society to transition
to a civil society—for the first time in its four thousand years of
history. It takes a look at what lies ahead, and why China's successes
and failures hold important lessons for us all.
Hardcover and e-book available now
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