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I am delighted to offer some introductory remarks to this original and timely work. The globalization of industry is apparent to everyone and nowhere more clearly than in China. Professor Xiaobo Wu is ideally placed to offer deep insights into the way developing countries are responding to these dramatic changes.

But this book goes far beyond reporting current practice. It explores in detail the way in which so called ‘secondary innovation’ can enable companies in developing countries to rapidly assimilate technologies and practices and use these as a platform for competitive industrial activity.

The book will be welcomed by successful industry leaders in developing countries who will recognize the opportunities it offers to extend their capabilities and business opportunities.

It will also be read with interest in industrialized countries seeking to understand the likely trajectories of global industrial developments.

I am proud to note that some of the ideas in this book have their origins in the time when Professor Wu was a most welcomed visitor to the Institute for Manufacturing in Cambridge. The warm relationship with Zhejiang University continues to flourish.

Professor M. J. Gregory

Head, Institute for Manufacturing

University of Cambridge