Placing technological innovation in globalising China: Production linkage, knowledge exchange and innovative performance of the ICT industry in a developing economy

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2999-3018

  Lin, George C S ^a   Wang, Cassandra C ^b   Zhou, Yu ^c   Sun, Yifei ^d   Wei, Yehua Dennis ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT LOCATION; OWNERSHIP; PRIMARY SECTOR INDUSTRY; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN REGION;

CHINA;

EID: 80052985061     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098010396232     Document Type: Article

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