Doctoral Dissertation Research: Imitation versus Innovation: The Case of Mobile Phone Design and Manufacturing

该项目将研究假冒电子产品，重点是移动的电话的情况。PI将使用民族志的方法研究中国企业家和艺术家，他们专门从事复制和改进手机技术和设计的实践。他将根据中国的“学而精通”的概念来解释这项研究，这种概念包括模仿的实践，作为通往创造力的途径。这项研究将导致论文和学术文章。美国公司和政策制定者以及许多领域的学者应该对这种做法有更全面的了解

This project will study knock-off electronics focusing on the case of mobile telephones. Using ethnographic methods the PI will study Chinese entrepreneurs and artists who specialize in the practice of copying and improving upon cellphone technology and design. He will situate this study in terms of the Chinese concept of learned mastery which embraces practices of imitation as route to creativity. The research will result in a dissertation and scholarly articles. A fuller understanding of the practice should be of interest to US corporations and policy makers, as well as scholars in a number of fields