Regional collaborations and indigenous innovation capabilities in China: A multivariate method for the analysis of regional innovation systems

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 94, Issue , 2015, Pages 202-220

  Zhao, S L ^a   Cacciolatti, L ^c   Lee, S H ^b   Song, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Indigenous innovation capability; Institutions; Multidimensional scaling; Regional innovation system

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COLLABORATION; COLLABORATIVE CAPACITIES; GOVERNMENTAL INTERVENTION; INNOVATION CAPABILITY; KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; REGIONAL COLLABORATION; REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS;

INNOVATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INFRASTRUCTURE; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

CHINA;

EID: 84954111660     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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