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How did Huawei transform from a tiny telecom importer, considered a “bastard” of a business by the Chinese government, into a global leader in the telecommunications equipment industry and one of the leading smartphone vendors in the world—considered a dangerous misfit by the US government? In its effort to out-innovate established technology equipment suppliers from Europe and the USA, Huawei has aggressively pursued a strategy of joint innovation from the periphery to the center, first with Chinese customers and local governments, and later with leading European customers and governments. This chapter focuses on how Huawei developed its joint innovation strategy in the European Union, allowing it to emerge as a global leader after the Western and European financial crisis.
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The Visegrad Group of 4 consists of Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Czech Republic.
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Hensmans, M., Liu, G. (2020). Huawei’s Long March to Global Leadership: Joint Innovation Strategy from the Periphery to the Center. In: Zhang, W., Alon, I., Lattemann, C. (eds) Huawei Goes Global. Palgrave Studies of Internationalization in Emerging Markets. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47564-2_10
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