Measuring the innovation production process: A cross-region empirical study of China's high-tech innovations

Technovation

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 348-358

  Guan, Jiancheng ^a   Chen, Kaihua ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China's high tech innovations; Efficiency measurement; Innovation production process (IPP); Network data envelopment analysis

Indexed keywords

CHINA'S HIGH-TECH INNOVATIONS; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INNOVATION MEASUREMENTS; INNOVATION PROCESS; NETWORK DATA; POLICY MAKING; PRODUCTION PROCESS; RELATIONAL NETWORK;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA HANDLING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PENSION PLANS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

INNOVATION;

EID: 77950022410     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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