Wei Zhao is currently a Senior Fellow at Institute of Public Policy, South China University of Technology. He is also an Associate Researcher with ESSCA EU-Asia Institute and Centre d’économie de l’Université Paris Nord (CEPN). From 2006 to 2023, he was a Professor at ESSCA School of Management and ESC Saint-Etienne in France. Before academia, he was Marketing Director of a Hong Kong properties company and Director of Public Affairs with Carrefour in South China. During 2011 and 2022, he worked as PI with the think tank established jointly by the Guangdong Provincial Government and Sun Yat-Sen University. He holds a Master in Sociology from Sun Yat-Sen University (China) and a PhD in Economics from Paris 3 University (France).

• Chapter 01: Introduction: How to Make a “World Factory” Innovative?.- Part I: The Top-down Perspective of China Innovation.- Chapter 02: Behind the National Innovation System: R&D and Absorptive Capacity of Firms.- Chapter 03: “Back to Local”: Growth Model Crisis and Innovation Policy.- Part II: The Bottom-up Innovation Model of Guangdong.- Chapter 04: Technological Learning: The Competitiveness from Shop-floor.- Chapter 05: Innovation Policy and Local Cluster of Entrepreneurs.- Chapter 06: Dynamic Capabilities: The Imperative for Innovation Management.- Chapter 07: The Strategic Industrial Policy of Upgrading and Transformation.- Chapter 08: Regional Innovation Ecosystems from Below.- Chapter 09: Innovation Platform as Project: Business Model and Policy Tool.- Chapter 10: The Coming New Policy for Innovation-driven Development.

Wei Zhao is currently a Senior Fellow at Institute of Public Policy, South China University of Technology. He is also an Associate Researcher with ESSCA EU-Asia Institute and Centre d’économie de l’Université Paris Nord (CEPN). From 2006 to 2023, he was a Professor at ESSCA School of Management and ESC Saint-Etienne in France. Before academia, he was Marketing Director of a Hong Kong properties company and Director of Public Affairs with Carrefour in South China. During 2011 and 2022, he worked as PI with the think tank established jointly by the Guangdong Provincial Government and Sun Yat-Sen University. He holds a Master in Sociology from Sun Yat-Sen University (China) and a PhD in Economics from Paris 3 University (France).

• Chapter 01: Introduction: How to Make a “World Factory” Innovative?.- Part I: The Top-down Perspective of China Innovation.- Chapter 02: Behind the National Innovation System: R&D and Absorptive Capacity of Firms.- Chapter 03: “Back to Local”: Growth Model Crisis and Innovation Policy.- Part II: The Bottom-up Innovation Model of Guangdong.- Chapter 04: Technological Learning: The Competitiveness from Shop-floor.- Chapter 05: Innovation Policy and Local Cluster of Entrepreneurs.- Chapter 06: Dynamic Capabilities: The Imperative for Innovation Management.- Chapter 07: The Strategic Industrial Policy of Upgrading and Transformation.- Chapter 08: Regional Innovation Ecosystems from Below.- Chapter 09: Innovation Platform as Project: Business Model and Policy Tool.- Chapter 10: The Coming New Policy for Innovation-driven Development.

Wei Zhao is currently a Senior Fellow at Institute of Public Policy, South China University of Technology. He is also an Associate Researcher with ESSCA EU-Asia Institute and Centre d’économie de l’Université Paris Nord (CEPN). From 2006 to 2023, he was a Professor at ESSCA School of Management and ESC Saint-Etienne in France. Before academia, he was Marketing Director of a Hong Kong properties company and Director of Public Affairs with Carrefour in South China. During 2011 and 2022, he worked as PI with the think tank established jointly by the Guangdong Provincial Government and Sun Yat-Sen University. He holds a Master in Sociology from Sun Yat-Sen University (China) and a PhD in Economics from Paris 3 University (France).

• Chapter 01: Introduction: How to Make a “World Factory” Innovative?.- Part I: The Top-down Perspective of China Innovation.- Chapter 02: Behind the National Innovation System: R&D and Absorptive Capacity of Firms.- Chapter 03: “Back to Local”: Growth Model Crisis and Innovation Policy.- Part II: The Bottom-up Innovation Model of Guangdong.- Chapter 04: Technological Learning: The Competitiveness from Shop-floor.- Chapter 05: Innovation Policy and Local Cluster of Entrepreneurs.- Chapter 06: Dynamic Capabilities: The Imperative for Innovation Management.- Chapter 07: The Strategic Industrial Policy of Upgrading and Transformation.- Chapter 08: Regional Innovation Ecosystems from Below.- Chapter 09: Innovation Platform as Project: Business Model and Policy Tool.- Chapter 10: The Coming New Policy for Innovation-driven Development.