Productivity spillovers from R and D, exports and FDI in China's manufacturing sector

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 544-557

  Wei, Y ^a,b   Liu, X ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Exports; FDI; Productivity spillovers; RandD

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746252932     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400209     Document Type: Article

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