Foreign Direct Investment Spillovers and the Geography of Innovation in Chinese Regions: The Role of Regional Industrial Specialization and Diversity

Regional Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 805-822

  Wang, Yuandi ^a   Ning, Lutao ^b   Li, Jian ^c   Prevezer, Martha ^b  

^a Department of Management Science and System Science   (China)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Diversity; Externalities; Foreign direct investment (FDI); Regional innovation; Specialization

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INNOVATION; SPECIALIZATION; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

CHINA;

EID: 84905889846     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2014.933800     Document Type: Article

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