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Innovations in Public and Non-profit Sector Organizations in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2015

G. Zhiyong Lan  and
Joseph Galaskiewicz
G. Zhiyong Lan
Affiliation:
Arizona State University, USA Renmin University, China
Joseph Galaskiewicz
Affiliation:
University of Arizona, USA
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Abstract

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This article provides background information on public and non-profit sector innovation in the past thirty years in the West as well as in China. We summarized and commented on the articles in this issue, which document cases of public and non-profit sector innovation in China and theorize their significance. These cases tell vivid stones about how Chinese organizations innovate and also point out the importance of the role of government in initiating or constraining these innovations. We find, through the review of these studies, that China's public and non-profit sector organization innovation experiences carry some important messages about the unique features of China's public and non-profit organizations that should not be ignored while studying changes in China.

Keywords

collaborationinnovationnon-government organizationspublic organizations合作创新非政府组织公共组织
Type
From the Guest Editors
Information
Management and Organization Review , Volume 8 , Issue 3: Special Issue Innovations in Public and Non-profit Sector Organizations in China , November 2012 , pp. 491 - 506
Copyright
Copyright © International Association for Chinese Management Research 2012

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