The Imitation Paradox

Dr. Xiaobai Shen is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in International and Chinese Business at the University of Edinburgh Business School. Her primary research interests lie in Science & Technology and Innovation Studies, with a particular emphasis on China.

Currently, she is a Co-Investigator for the research project “Isomorphism and Contextuality: national policies for science, competitiveness and innovation (Isomorphic differences)” funded by DFF/FSE/FP2. She is also the Principal Investigator for the research project “Convergence or differentiation in I.P. protection strategies and business models?” funded by the AHRC Centre for Digital Copyright and I.P. Research in China and CREATe, the RCUK Centre for Copyright & New Business Models in the Creative Economy.

Previously, she has been an investigator for several large research projects in biotechnology and ICT, including “G.M. technology in China” (ESRC INNOGEN programme) and “CIPR - collective intellectual property rights project” under PRIME, funded by an EU commission and the EU-China ICT Standards partnership.

She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management. She is the author of The Chinese Road to High Technology: the Case of Digital Telecommunications Switching Technology in the Economic Transition (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999).