Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Disruptive Innovation from the Bottom of the Pyramid: The Strategic Implications for Local Challengers and Global Incumbents Part I: The Contexts for DI from China and India 2. Economic Competitiveness and Disruptive Innovation: Exploring the Macro and Micro Contexts in China and India 3. The Role of Government in an Emerging Disruptive Innovation: The Case of E-bike in China 4. The Emerging Pattern of Disruptive Innovation from the Bottom of the Pyramid Part II: The Strategies of DI for Local Challengers 5. Mapping Innovations in the Disruptive Innovation Realm in India: What and Where in the National Pyramid of India 6. Transformative Capacity and Absorptive Capacity: The Rising Chinese Wind Turbine Suppliers 7. Disruptive Innovation in China’s "Shanzhai" Cell Phone Industry: Theory-Building via Case Study Part III: The Strategies of DI for Global Incumbents 8. Disruptive Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid: What Role Can Western Established Firms Play? 9. The New Wave of Disruptive Innovation from China: Why and How Global Incumbents Need to Respond 10. Ambidextrous Capability: The Case of Japanese Enterprises 11. Conclusion: Future Research Agenda

About the Author

Peter Ping Li is Professor of Chinese Business Studies at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark