Booming or emerging? China's technological capability and international collaboration in patent activities

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 787-796

  Ma, Zhenzhong ^a   Lee, Yender ^b   Chen, Chien Fu Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; Globalization; International collaboration; Inventive activities; Patent analysis; Technology capability

Indexed keywords

CHINA; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION; INVENTIVE ACTIVITIES; PATENT ANALYSIS;

ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GLOBALIZATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OECD; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349185038     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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