Upgrading strategies of electronics firms within the regional innovation system of the Pearl River Delta, illustrated by the example of two Hong Kong firms

Technological Entrepreneurship in China: How Does it Work?

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 41-65

  Kroll, Henning ^a   Schiller, Daniel ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

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