Research On The Influence Of Entrepreneurship On Growth Of The Firmin Catching-up Context

The decisive role of entrepreneurship in firm growth and economic development have been discussed by many scholars.But few domestic research on this topic takes the catching-up context in china into consideration.As a late-comer,the catching-up feature of the Chinese economy,both technological and market catching-up,determines that some take-it-for-granted factors in the West maybe constitute the crucial content of entrepreneurship in China.Therefore,this thesis focus the research on this topic: What are the specific connotations of entrepreneurship in catching-up context like China? And especially which kind of attitude of the late-comers,in both technological and market,is useful for rapid development when they have to compete with the powerful first-movers from West? In order to answer this question,this thesis takes an in-depth case study on Changshu Switch Manufacturing Co.,Ltd.The findings includes: 1)in the technological catching-up,the initiative and risk-taking spirit of entrepreneurship are shown as the breakdown of the superstition on the first-movers from the West,and challenge to their advantages.Such spirit pushes late-comers' technological learning,leads to their technological accumulation,and largely narrows the technological gap.All of these are positive to the growth of the firm.2)in the market catching-up,the fearlessness and courage of entrepreneurship are shown as the initiative to market and customers,which results in the focus on the mainstream market which dominated by West companies,but not on those specific and discrete explicit demand.Such a market strategy also promotes the growth of the firm.3)The entrepreneurship in both technological and market catching-up shapes a positive attitude on growth,and this powerfulself-confidence leads to active investment and expansionary policies,which makes the firm a competitive enterprise.The final part give a short summary and further discussion.