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Total Innovation Management – Application in Large and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises in China

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The paper introduces and describes the concept of Total Innovation Management (TIM) as the concept for more successful innovations management. In the paper the current status of innovation management in large and medium size manufacturing enterprises in China has been also presented as well as the characteristic elements for applying Total Innovation Management in these enterprises. It has been presented how the medium size manufacturing enterprises in China can improve their effectiveness by implementing the abovementioned, including a comparison of case studies.

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Molasy, M., Cholewa, M., Rosienkiewicz, M., Helman, J. (2019). Total Innovation Management – Application in Large and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises in China. In: Hamrol, A., Grabowska, M., Maletic, D., Woll, R. (eds) Advances in Manufacturing II. MANUFACTURING 2019. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17269-5_8

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