Standardisation and innovation in China: TD-SCDMA standard as a case

Ailan Zhan, Zixiang Tan

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Abstract

China's recent efforts in standardisation and innovation have been noticed as part of an ambitious policy for indigenous technological development and implementation. While current literatures on standardisation have mainly focused on developed countries, this paper tries to shed some light on standardisation in developing countries, by examining the case of time division-synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA), a Chinese home-grown third generation (3G) wireless standard. Through an empirical examination of TD-SCDMA, this paper analyses China's current standard policy and its relationship to China's overall innovation policy and practices. It concludes that: first, standardisation has been an important part of China's technology policy and has been used as a tool to stimulate and boost innovation; secondly, the Chinese government has played a crucial role in the successful establishment of this indigenous standard and thirdly, such indigenous standard has been used as a bargaining chip for China to nurture and develop its strategic industry.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)453-468
Number of pages16
JournalInternational Journal of Technology Management
Volume51
Issue number2-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

Keywords

  • 3G
  • ICT industry
  • Innovation
  • Innovation policy
  • Standardisation
  • TD-SCDMA
  • Technological innovation
  • Technology management
  • Technology policy
  • Third generation
  • Time division-synchronous code division multiple access
  • Wireless standard

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Industrial relations
  • General Engineering
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Strategy and Management
  • Law

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