Everything about Haier

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: HaierA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Research on value co-creation mechanism of platform enterprises in digital innovation ecosystem: A case study on Haier HOPE platform in ChinaInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: The Haier wayThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Internationalization and technological catching up of emerging multinationals: a comparative case study of China's Haier groupCited 129 times
5. Go sideways: HisenseA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: GE AppliancesA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Internationalization and technological catching up of emerging multinationals: a comparative case study of China's Haier group

  G. Duysters, J. Jacob, C. Lemmens · 2009 · Industrial and Corporate Change · 129 citations

• The role of IT in achieving operational agility: A case study of Haier, China

  Pei-Ying Huang, Tao Hua Ouyang, Shan L. Pan · 2012 · International Journal of Information Management · 60 citations

• Enabling Open Innovation: Lessons from Haier

  Arie Y. Lewin, Liisa Välikangas, Jin Chen · 2017 · International Journal of Innovation Studies · 41 citations

• Core Firm Based View on the Mechanism of Constructing an Enterprise Innovation Ecosystem: A Case Study of Haier Group

  Shimei Jiang, Yimei Hu, Ziyuan Wang · 2019 · Sustainability · 40 citations

• Dos and don'ts for Chinese companies investing in the United States: Lessons from Huawei and Haier

  Friedrich Wu, Lim Siok Hoon, Zhang Yuzhu · 2011 · Thunderbird International Business Review · 33 citations

• The role of feedback in changing organizational routine: A case study of Haier, China

  Jing (Elaine) Chen, Tao Hua Ouyang, Shan L. Pan · 2013 · International Journal of Information Management · 23 citations

• The evolution mechanism of latecomer firms value network in disruptive innovation context: a case study of Haier Group

  Ke Zhang, Jinfeng Wang, Lijie Feng · 2019 · Technology Analysis & Strategic Management · 22 citations

• The cultural transformation of large Chinese enterprises into internationally competitive corporations: case studies of Haier and Huawei

  Colin Hawes, Eng Chew · 2011 · Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies · 22 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Research on value co-creation mechanism of platform enterprises in digital innovation ecosystem: A case study on Haier HOPE platform in China

  Yuhua Li, Kaiwen Fu, Xiheng Gong · 2022 · Frontiers in Psychology · 18 citations

• Digitalization of business models, knowledge management and green technology innovation of Chinese manufacturing enterprises: a mixed analysis based on the Haier COSMOPlat ecosystem

  Honglei Li, Ziyu Yang, Hongyu Wang · 2023 · Asia Pacific Business Review · 15 citations

• Developing a sustainability-driven learning organization through expatriate knowledge transfer: the case of Haier

  Yixin Sun, Jacky Hong · 2022 · The Learning Organization · 8 citations

• Employee-centered Industry 5.0 - Case analysis of Haier

  Chaoan Lai, Shiban Luo · 2024 · Green Manufacturing Open · 5 citations

• Actor Network Model of the Construction Mechanism of a Technology Standardization Innovation Ecosystem—Haier Case Study

  Yu Yuan, Dengyun Ma · 2025 · Systems · 4 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• The Haier wayJeannie Jinsheng Yi, Jeannie Jinsheng, Ph.D. Yi · 2002
• Shou xi zhi xing guanShuangming Chi · 2002
• 📕Jie du Hai'erYinliang Liu · 2001
• 📕Hai'er de gao du =Yong Hu · 2008
• 📕Haier pin pai zhi luHaier qi ye wen hua zhong xin · 2005
• 📕Haier ren zai hai waiHaier ji tuan qi ye wen hua zhong xin · 2007
• 📕Haier Zhongguo zao zhi qi ye wen hua yu su zhi guan liYong Hu · 2002
• Hai'er Zhongguo zaoJianjun Yan · 2001

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