Determinants of industrial innovation in China: Evidence from its recent economic census

Technovation

Volumn 30, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 540-550

  Sun, Yifei ^a,b   Du, Debin ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; FDI; In house R D; Innovation; Spillover; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

CENSUS DATA; CHINA; CHINESE INDUSTRY; DOMESTIC TECHNOLOGY; FDI; FOREIGN COUNTRIES; FOREIGN INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION; NEW PRODUCT; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER; SPILLOVER EFFECTS; TECHNOLOGICAL EFFORT; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

HOUSES; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INNOVATION;

EID: 77956262118     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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