Knowledge and innovation in China: Historical legacies and emerging institutions

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-356

  Baark, Erik ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Innovation; Institutions; Knowledge; Social epistemology

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; LABOR DIVISION; PERCEPTION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34250884660     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380701291917     Document Type: Article

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