A comparison of the spatial distribution of innovative activities in China and the U.S.

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 797-805

  Liu, Fengchao ^a   Sun, Yutao ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China and the U.S.; Concentration; Innovation; Rank frequency; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CHINA AND THE U.S.; COASTAL REGIONS; CONCENTRATION; INDEPENDENT INNOVATION; INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES; RANK -FREQUENCY; RAPID GROWTH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DIVERSITY;

COASTAL ZONES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; GROWTH RATE; INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349129694     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Abramovitz M. Resource and output trends in the United States Since 1870. Am. Econ. Rev. 46 5 (1956) 5-23
2. Solow R.M. Technical change and the aggregate production function. Rev. Econ. Stat. 39 3 (1957) 312-320
3. In: Nelson R. (Ed). The Rate and Direction of Incentive Activity: Economic and Social Factors (1962), Princeton University Press
4. Schmookler J. Invention and economic growth. Boston, MA: HBS. Schmookler, J. In: Griliches Z., and Hurvicz L. (Eds). Patents, Invention, and Economic Change: Data and Selected Essays (1966-1972), Harvard University Press, Boston, MA
5. In: Griliches Z. (Ed). R&D, Patents and Productivity (1984), University of Chicago Press, Chicago
6. Griliches Z. Productivity, R&D, and the Data Constraint. Am. Econ. Rev. 84 1 (1994) 1-23
7. Jaffe A.B., and Trajtenberg M. Patents, Citations & Innovations: A Window on the Knowledge Economy (2002), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
8. For a detailed discussion of the empirical methodology, see Stern, S., Porter, M.E. and Furman, J.L., The Determinants of National Innovative Capacity, Work. Pap. 7876 (Cambridge, MA NBER), 2000.
9. Jung S., and Imm K.-Y. The patent activities of Korea and Taiwan: a comparative case study of patent statistics. World Pat. Inf. 24 (2002) 303-311
10. Lim U. The spatial distribution of innovative activity in U.S. metropolitan areas: evidence from patent data. J. Reg. Anal. Policy 33 (2003) 2
11. C. Martin, Carlos Mula-Granados and Ismael Sanz. Spatial distribution of R&D expenditure and patent applications across EU regions and its impact on economic cohesion, Eur. Econ. Group Work. Pap. no. 32/2004.
12. Moreno R., Paci R., and Usai S. Spatial spillovers and innovation activity in European regions. Environ. Plan. 37 10 (2005) 1793-1812
13. Crescenzi R., Rodríguez-Pose A., and Storper M. The geographical processes behind innovation: a Europe-United States comparative analysis. Dept. Work. Pap. Econ. Univ. (2007) 0081
14. Sun Y. Spatial distribution of patents in China. Regional Studies 34 5 (2000) 441-454
15. Brun J.F., Ccombes J.L., and Renard M.F. Are there spillover effects between coastal and noncoastal regions in China?. China Econ. Rev. 13 (2002) 161-169
16. Yamei Sun, Yonglong Lu, Tieyu Wang, Hua Ma, and Guizhen He. Pattern of patent-based environmental technology innovation in China. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Change 2007.09.004.
17. Ginarte J.C., and Park W.G. Determinants of patent rights: a cross-national study. Res. Policy 26 (1997) 283-301
18. de Solla Price D.J. Little Science, Big Science (1963), Columbia University Press, New York