Shanzhai manufacturing and its network behaviours

The aim of this paper is to explore an indigenous innovation phenomenon - Shanzhai Phenomenon - emerged in Chinese mobile phone industry, and to understand its network based behaviours. Although the Shanzhai Phenomenon emerged from the end of 2008, the detailed understandings about its systems and operational mechanism are still very limited. This research provides a very early stage of observation, especially focused on the business networks activities featured within the Shanzhai phenomenon.