Management in the Digital Age ― Will China Surpass Silicon Valley?

In this Springer Brief, the author introduces how Chinese firms are successfully using their own variants of the 'Silicon Valley Approach' to management. The author begins the discussion by deliberating on the extent to which management models need to be re-invented. A fundamentally new approach is then introduced, which already exists and is proving itself in practice at some of Silicon Valley´s most dynamic firms. The author finds that the Chinese management models, in comparison, may be even more advanced. If true, this could have profound implications for managers everywhere.

The author acknowledges that no management model fails (or succeeds) every time. Skeptics can point to big

bureaucratic firms that continue to prosper, as well as to radical innovators that have gone under. This book brings to light the need that has emerged for a model that will give companies their best chances of thriving amid the VUCA whirlwind. A comb

Dr. Annika Steiber is an international authority in the field of management for the digital age. She is founder and CEO of the research company A.S. Management Insights AB and Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group, founded by professor David Teece and located in Silicon Valley.

Dr. Steiber has a PhD from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. She is the author of several award-winning articles and of the books 'The Google Model: Management for Continuous Innovation in a Rapidly Changing World' (Springer, 2014), and 'The Silicon Valley Model: Management for Entrepreneurship' (Springer, 2016). She has over 18 years of executive experience with both startups and larger companies in the private high-tech sector.