China's innovation landscape

Science

Volumn 329, Issue 5992, 2010, Pages 632-633

  Huang, Kenneth G ^a  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC PLANNING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT; ORGANIZATION; PATENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY; ARTICLE; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

CHINA; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; PATENTS AS TOPIC; PRIVATE SECTOR; SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77955292983     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1190212     Document Type: Review

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29. The author thanks A. Guglani and C. Lee for their excellent research assistance. This research is funded by grant 08-C207-SMU-003 from the Office of Research, Singapore Management University.