From “transplant with the soil” toward the establishment of the innovation ecosystem: A case study of a leading high-tech company in China

By studying the case in the China context, the present research suggests that TPS mechanism may be particularly relevant and necessary when advanced cross- disciplinary complex technology need to be transferred, when the industry have only limited resources and poor absorptive capacities, when institutional and structural hindrances exist, and when university-industry relationship needs to be facilitated and strengthened toward the establishment of an innovation ecosystem.