This background reading looks at reverse engineering in the context of piracy and knock offs in emerging markets like China. It considers legal aspects of reverse engineering in powerful property rights regimes like the United States as a means of unpacking the legal issues.
It considers the value of unexposed or tacit knowledge, and whether modularizing a system facilitates the retrieval of design intent. Finally we look at the role of reverse engineering in the development of capacities and how it improves a company's absorptive capacities. It is designed to be used as a background reading for the case "From Imitation to Innovation: Zongshen Industrial Group," HBS No. 610-057.
Reverse Engineering, Learning, and Innovation case study solution
PUBLICATION DATE: October 27, 2010 PRODUCT #: 611039-PDF-ENG
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