REFLECTION

I have learned the basic informations about my topic keywords, like Innovation Ecosystem, Open Innovation and Closed Innovation. Also something related to Chinese companies innovation process. We all know, in China, people pay more attention on services and production, not much about innovation. But innovation is quite important nowadays in China, and all over the world. Innovation is not only for the company’s R&D department, and also for other departments.

For this topic, I have to do more literature reviews. Read more articals in this area.Now I want to focus on some SME , small and medium size enterprises. In China, they are so popular, we have so many small companies. they play pivotal role in Chinese market. I want to narrow my topic.

For this project, I have to find a company in China, and do my research there based on a cpmpany.I have to decide what kind of company I am going to focus. Some companies have to be typical.

I have learned have to do research with survey or interview, so I can take responsible for my case study. I can find important questions for my study.

Annotated Bibliography

Mortara, Letizia. How do large multinational companies implement open innovation? Technovation, 2011. Print.

In this article, the authors have reviewed 43 cross-sector firms’ open innovation implementation approache to find how companies implement open innovation. Later based on the evidence from their studies, they found four approaches for the implementation of open innovation. Then start from these four approaches, they have figured out some probably affections on the open innovation adoption path. They are varying from companies’ innovation requirements, the timing of the adoption to the organizational culture.

Schroll, Mild. Open innovation modes and the role of internal R&D: An empirical study on open innovation adoption in Europe. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2011. Print.

 Schoroll has investigated how and how much open innovation is used around Europe, of which the studies were quite different from previous, they have collected data from 180 European companies. During their research, they came up with three hypotheses, then, tried to test them with specific data. In this article, the authors show us with a lot evidence for the extent of open innovation implementation across Europe, and confirmed the role of open innovation in an internal R&D work.

Esposito, Raffa. Surviving a crisis? Make or buy decisions in innovative industries and their effects on supply chain. Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2001. Print.

In this artical, the authors have surveyed two companies in high-tech industries and their 38 suppliers. The whole paper is based on a crisis background, they want to find a further relationship when the customers facing crisis. Withe their research work, they found out that in a period of profound crisis the customer passes on its own difficulties to the suppliers. In the phases of different economic environment, relationship between customers and suppliers would be vary. At the end, the authors try to give advice for suppliers, which will help them avoid crisis.

Börjesson, Elmquist. Developing innovation capabilities: a longitudinal study of a project at Volvo cars. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2011. Print.

This paper is based on a longitudinal study of Volvo Cars conducted as a long-term collaborative research project. this article contributes to develop organizational capability theory. As the author was involved in a Vision 2020 project, he has introduced this peoject into the artical, finding some problems on organizational practice in developing organizations and providing some implications for theory. In the conclusion part, they highlight the need to work in partnership with changes to activities and practices and address the importance of an insightful strategic top management.