Decline of the center: The decentralizing process of knowledge transfer of Chinese universities from 1985 to 2004

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 580-595

  Hong, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Decentralization; Patent data; Uneven regional development; University knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; DATA TRANSFER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

GEOGRAPHIC CONSTRAINT; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; UNEVEN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 41749115473     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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