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STEPHEN E. LITTLE FRANK M. GO TERESA SHUK-CHING POON
GLOBAL INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Challenges and Experiences from East and West
Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Stephen E. Little • Frank M. Go • Teresa Shuk-Ching Poon Editors
Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenges and Experiences from East and West
Editors Stephen E. Little Asia Pacific Technology Network Manchester, United Kingdom
Teresa Shuk-Ching Poon The Open University, Hong Kong Kowloon, Hong Kong
Frank M. Go Erasmus University Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
ISBN 978-3-319-43858-0 ISBN 978-3-319-43859-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43859-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016957304 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover image © Piero Cruciatti / Alamy Stock Photo © Roland Nagy / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
This book could not arrive in a more timely fashion. Whilst the effects and consequences of globalisation in the political, social and cultural domains have continued to be extensively debated among scholars and commentators, economic globalisation has gone largely uncontested. Increasing global interconnectivity complemented by the deregulation of international trade, investment and capital movement for economic growth and prosperity has become the dominant public discourse of the past decades. Scepticism about the scale and scope of economic globalisation remained limited to critical academics and business elites where alternative models of an international economy and governance have been advanced. However, recently, this discourse of boundless economic globalisation ‘for the benefit of all’ has come to be challenged. The crisis in the
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