Technology strategies of innovative Chinese domestic companies

International Journal of Technology and Globalisation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 344-363

  Fan, Peilei ^a   Gao, Xudong ^b   Watanabe, Kazuo N ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beijing; Biotech; China; Domestic companies; Government; High tech parks; ICT; Innovation; Location; R D; Shanghai; Shenzhen; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049123199     PISSN: 14765667     EISSN: 17418194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTG.2007.015454     Document Type: Article

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