• DocumentCode
    694267
  • Title

    Technical and non-technical innovation models in China´s SMEs: A case study

  • Author

    Jin Chen ; Juxiang Zhou ; Feng Xu ; Yue Yin

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Center for Sci., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    10-13 Dec. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1495
  • Lastpage
    1499
  • Abstract
    SMEs are the important part of China´s economy and innovation entities. Based on theoretical analysis, this paper puts forward an applicable innovation models for SMEs. An in-depth case study of Beijing Tianyu Communication Equipment Co. Ltd is carried out to show how a firm´s various kinds of technical and non-technical innovations influenced its business performance. This paper concludes that ingenious combination of technical and nontechnical innovation would promote enterprises´ overall performance, and would be the driving force of their consistent development.
  • Keywords
    innovation management; macroeconomics; small-to-medium enterprises; Beijing Tianyu Communication Equipment Co. Ltd; China SME; China economy entities; business performance; nontechnical innovation model; technical innovation model; Biological system modeling; Companies; Industries; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Technological innovation; Business performance; non-technical innovation; technical innovation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Bangkok
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEEM.2013.6962659
  • Filename
    6962659