Regional innovation systems within a transitional context: Evolutionary comparison of the electronics industry in shenzhen and dongguan since the opening of china

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 534-550

  Fu, Wenying ^a   Diez, Javier Revilla ^b   Schiller, Daniel ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dirigiste; Evolution; Governance; Grassroots; Regional innovation systems

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INNOVATION; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

CHINA; DONGGUAN; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 84861157700     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2012.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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