Technological innovation in China's high-tech sector: Insights from a 2008 survey of the integrated circuit design industry in shanghai

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 402-424

  Lin, George C S ^a   Wang, Cassandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; High tech sector; Integrated circuit design; Knowledge spillover; Shanghai; Silicon valley; State firm strategic resonance; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT; STATE-BUSINESS RELATIONS;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 76149127368     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.50.4.402     Document Type: Article

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