'New Argonauts' in China - Return migrants, transnational entrepreneurship and economic growth in a regional innovation system

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Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 103-125

  Sternberg, Rolf ^a   Müller, Claudia ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft MbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain circulation; Emerging economies; New argonauts; Regional economic development

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMERCIALIZATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; RETURN MIGRATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 78649553419     PISSN: 00139998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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