Effects of government financial incentives on firms' innovation performance in China: Evidences from Beijing in the 1990s

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 273-282

  Guan, Jian Cheng ^a,b   Yam, Richard C M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Economic transition, China; Firms' innovation performance; Government financial incentive

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; MANUFACTURE; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; TAXATION;

CHINESE GOVERNMENT; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ECONOMIC TRANSITIONS; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; STRATEGIC DIRECTION; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84916640923     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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