Implications of China's on-going dependence on foreign technology

Geoforum

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-69

  Grimes, Seamus ^a   Sun, Yutao ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Chinese firms; Foreign invested firms (FIEs); Foreign technology dependency; Global value chains; Indigenous innovation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; GLOBALIZATION; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIVATE SECTOR; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84899892739     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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