What Determines Innovation Activity in Chinese State-owned Enterprises? The Role of Foreign Direct Investment

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 866-873

  Girma, Sourafel ^a   Gong, Yundan ^b   Görg, Holger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asia; China; competition; FDI; innovation; spillovers; state owned enterprises

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 61849105470     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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