{"66031":{"#nid":"66031","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u0022Run of the Red Queen\u0022 by Breznitz and Murphree in the News","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\u0022Run of the Red Queen: Government, Innovation, Globalization, and Economic Growth in China\u0022 - a recent book by Associate Professor Dan Breznitz and MSIA Student Michael Murphree - praised and recognized through various news sources.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/em\u003E Few observers are unimpressed by the economic ambition of China or by the nation\u0027s remarkable rate of growth. But what does the future hold? This meticulously researched book closely examines the strengths and weaknesses of the Chinese economic system to discover where the nation may be headed and what the Chinese experience reveals about emerging market economies. The authors find that contrary to popular belief, cutting edge innovation is not a prerequisite for sustained economic vitality\u2014and that China is a perfect case in point.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Economist devoted its special column about Innovation (Schumepeter) to the new book Danny Breznitz and Michael Murphree (MSIA and soon-to-be Ph.D. student) just published. Read \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/18648264?story_id=18648264\u0026amp;fsrc=rss\u0022\u003ECOLUMN\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBeware of judging China\u0027s innovation engine by the standards of Silicon Valley.  China\u0027s continued economic progress depends on mastering the art of mould-breaking innovation. President Hu Jintao intones that the \u0022capacity for independent innovation\u0022 is the \u0022core of our national development strategy\u0022. Sceptics agree with his premise, but scoff that innovation and autocracy do not mix. So long as China remains a dictatorship, it will be trapped in a world of mass production and routine assembly, they say. One scholar, Cong Cao, argues that the country faces a future of \u0022premature senility\u0022.\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe column proceeds to explain that China is investing and exploring ways of Innovation...\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0022Yet China\u0027s lack of originality matters less than you may think, believe \u003Cstrong\u003EDan Breznitz and Michael Murphree of the Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E. In a new book, \u0022Run of the Red Queen\u0022, they argue that it is wrong to equate innovation solely with the invention of breakthrough products. In an emerging economy, other forms of innovation can yield bigger dividends. One is \u0022process innovation\u0022: the relentless improvement of factories and distribution systems. Another is \u0022product innovation\u0022: the adaptation of existing goods to China\u2019s unique requirements.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EReuters published a special report on Innovation in China and featured the new book as well. Read \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/05\/05\/us-china-innovation-idUSTRE7440R720110505?feedType=RSS\u0026amp;feedName=topNews\u0022\u003ESPECIAL REPORT\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Chinese companies have been doing wonderfully by being on the cusp of the latest available technologies developed elsewhere and then being able to work on it,\u0022 said Dan Breznitz, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u0022It\u0027s a strategy that\u0027s basically against the central government\u0027s push. But those innovation capabilities are probably going to maintain Chinese growth for the next 15 years.\u0022  That is, added Breznitz, if the Chinese government\u0027s thirst for big, state-directed projects doesn\u0027t undermine its privately owned companies.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Run of the Red Queen: Government, Innovation, Globalization, and Economic Growth in China\u0022 - a recent book by Associate Professor Dan Breznitz and MSIA Student Michael Murphree - praised and recognized through various news sources.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Government, Innovation, Globalization, and Economic Growth in China"}],"uid":"27184","created_gmt":"2011-05-09 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:41","author":"Jene Gladstone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66032":{"id":"66032","type":"image","title":"Run of the Red Queen","body":null,"created":"1449176916","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:36","changed":"1475894585","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:05"},"66033":{"id":"66033","type":"image","title":"Column in The Economist","body":null,"created":"1449176916","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:36","changed":"1475894585","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:05"},"66034":{"id":"66034","type":"image","title":"Reuters Special Report on Innovation in China","body":null,"created":"1449176916","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:36","changed":"1475894585","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:05"}},"media_ids":["66032","66033","66034"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/yalepress.yale.edu\/yupbooks\/book.asp?isbn=9780300152715","title":"Run of the Red Queen: Government, Innovation, Globalization, and Economic Growth in China"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/listing.php?uID=15","title":"Danny Brezntiz"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/18648264?fsrc=rss\u0026story_id=18648264","title":"Column in The Economist"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/05\/05\/us-china-innovation-idUSTRE7440R720110505?feedName=topNews\u0026feedType=RSS","title":"Special Report in Reuters"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"147","name":"Military Technology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13083","name":"and Economic Growth in China"},{"id":"802","name":"China"},{"id":"13050","name":"Dan Breznitz"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"459","name":"globalization"},{"id":"999","name":"IAC"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"851","name":"INTA"},{"id":"13078","name":"Michael Murphree"},{"id":"13082","name":"Run of the Red Queen: Government"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMarilu Suarez\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=ms469\u0022\u003EContact Marilu Suarez\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-3195\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["marilu.suarez@inta.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}