Chinnovation by Tan, Yinglan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Advanced Praise for Chinnovation: How Chinese Innovators Are Changing the World Title Page Copyright Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Welcome to the World of Chinnovation

Why This Book? The Innovator's Playbook Voices of Experience Basic Overview of Terms and Concepts: Innovation 101 (Ch)innovation So What Is Chinnovation

How the Top Entrepreneurial Innovators Started Out Sensing Initial Traction Choosing Your Birthplace Wisely In Branding Your Company, Brevity Is Best Rapid Follow-Up Problems = Opportunities Turn Threats into Opportunities Platform as the Winner Traits of Entrepreneurial Innovators

Chapter 3: Star Innovators Recognize Scope Innovation

Looking Inside and Outside for Disruptive Innovation Reaching Critical Mass Playing Catch-Up Behind Peers Disciplined Effort on Developing In-House Expertise Innovation Begins with an Eye Toward the Future Test and Then Focus Adaptation to Changes Taking a Step Back Pathway to a Disruptive Innovation Service Innovation: Building the Future Occam's Razor—Simplicity: Will Customers Like It? Produce That First Product Quickly Innovation Requires Grit

Chapter 4: Star Innovators Choose the Right People for the Right Jobs

How Do You Expand in China When You Cannot Find and Keep Top People? Talent-Centered Strategy for Sustainable Growth Education for Life Zhejiang as the Cradle of Entrepreneurship Wenzhou's Collective Model of Entrepreneurship Manage Differently in the East and West Magnet for Talent People Over Product Build a Complementary Team Winning the Hearts and Minds of Staff Transition to Product-Based Innovation

Partner Across Industries for Cross-Disciplinary Innovation Positioning in the Industry and Main Competitors Building a Community Takes More Than Money Be Contrarian Construct Barriers of Entry Differently in China What Matters Is Not Innovation but Useful Innovation Selective Innovation For Critical Mass, Go Where the Market Is Hungry Dragon, Thirsty Tiger Kaizen in China Cash Flow Is the Lifeblood of Innovation Keeping Track of Risks Branding in China Competing as Underdogs Governments Are Starting Up Innovation

Chapter 6: Star Innovators Spread Their Wings: Innovations in Scaling

From Asia to Global Background to Business Failures Foreign Expansion and Lack of Trust Cross-Border Experience Regional Expansion—Replicate Models Financial Innovation Venture Capital in Scaling: The Future of Innovation in China The Right VC for the Right Company Is There a Chinese Paradigm Factor? The Evolution of Venture Capital in China Unique Venture Capital Characteristics in China Business Model Decides the Funding Progress Investment Correlated to Development Valuation of an Early-Stage Project Money Is Not a Panacea

Out-Innovating the Multinationals Melting Pot for Innovation Learning from Inflections in History The Core Values of a New Economy Company Government-Supported Innovation to Build Globally Competitive Companies

Chapter 8: Conclusion

Bios of Interviewees Index