Published by:
MIT Sloan School of Management
Length: 11 pages
Topics:
Innovation
Abstract
The art of bian lian - or 'face changing' - is integral to Sichuan opera: A main character changes masks to avoid capture by foes. The transformation is quick and surprising, the new face clearly different. In the theater of business, Chinese performers are undergoing a rapid transformation of their own as they seek to evolve from backroom producers to the world's leading face of innovation.
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Abstract
The art of bian lian - or 'face changing' - is integral to Sichuan opera: A main character changes masks to avoid capture by foes. The transformation is quick and surprising, the new face clearly different. In the theater of business, Chinese performers are undergoing a rapid transformation of their own as they seek to evolve from backroom producers to the world's leading face of innovation.