Measuring the efficiency of China's regional Innovation systems: Application of network data envelopment analysis (DEA)

Regional Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 355-377

  Chen, Kaihua ^a   Guan, Jiancheng ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bootstrap approach; China; Innovation process; Network data envelopment analysis (DEA); Regional innovation systems; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; COMMERCIALIZATION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84863229192     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2010.497479     Document Type: Article

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