Does foreign direct investment facilitate technological progress?: Evidence from Chinese industries

Research Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 945-953

  Liu, Xiaohui ^a   Wang, Chenggang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese industries; Foreign direct investment; Technological progress; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867982906     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00094-X     Document Type: Article

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