The Management Transformation of Huawei

Xiaobo Wu is Professor of Innovation and Strategic Management, School of Management, Zhejiang University, China. He has received the title of Chang Jiang Scholar Professor from the Ministry of Education, China, for his outstanding achievements in innovation and entrepreneurship research and education. Johann Peter Murmann is Professor of Strategic Management and Director of the Institute for Management and Strategy, University of St. Gallen. He is the author of Knowledge and Competitive Advantage: The Coevolution of Firms, Technology and National Institutions (Cambridge, 2003), which won the International Schumpeter Prize, and co-editor of China's Innovation Challenge (Cambridge, 2016). He is a deputy editor of Management and Organization. Can Huang is Professor, Head of the Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, and Co-Director of the Institute for Intellectual Property Management at the School of Management, Zhejiang University, China. He is also a member of the advisory boards for the Research Center for Technological Innovation at Tsinghua University, the CIPRUN Intellectual Property Management Research Center at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and the Asia Pacific Innovation Conference. He is a Senior Editor of Management and Organization Review and a member of the editorial boards of several other academic journals. Bin Guo is Professor of Innovation Management and Strategy, and vice-chairman of the Professor Committee, at the School of Management, Zhejiang University, China. He is the deputy director of the Joint Research Center for Global Manufacturing and Innovation Management, at the University of Cambridge and Zhejiang University.

• Preface Xiaobo Wu; 1. The management transformation of Huawei: an overview Johann Peter Murmann with commentary by Arie Lewin, Liisa Valikangas and Ying Zhang; 2. Executive management team and organizational change: a routinized transformation perspective Ziyi Zhao, Bin Guo, Xiaobo Wu with commentary by Jean Chen; 3. Transforming product development at Huawei: the IPD initiative Zihan Zhang, Johann Peter Murmann with commentary by Jaeyong Song; 4. Huawei's transformation of supply chain management Ying Li, Can Huang, Yongyi Shou with commentary by Yongjiang Shi; 5. Financial management transformation in Huawei Can Huang, Xiao Chen with commentary by Ram Mudambi; 6. The transformation of Huawei's HR system Hongqi Xu, Johann Peter Murmann with commentary by Catherine Xin; 7. Huawei's international journey Wen Li, Xiaoran Chang, Bin Guo with commentary by Carl Fey; 8. R&D transformation of Huawei Lanhua Li, Bin Guo, Johann Peter Murmann, Dong Wu with commentary by Frans Greidamus; 9. Huawei's intellectual property management transformation Johann Peter Murmann, Can Huang and Haoyu Zhang; 10. The management transformation of Huawei: concluding thoughts from a comparative perspective Johann Peter Murmann; Appendix A. Number of employees and sales, 1987–2018; Appendix B. List of presentations at Ruihua Institute of Innovation Management, Zhejiang University; Appendix C. Interviews conducted for the book; Appendix D. The Huawei Basic Law (1998).

'This is a 'must read' book for whoever is interested in the rise of China. It provides unique empirical and conceptual insights on China's leading company and draws on world class researchers for analysis and commentaries. Uniquely valuable!' Yves Doz, Solvay Chaired Professor of Technological Innovation, INSEAD