National innovation system, social entrepreneurship, and rural economic growth in China

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 121, Issue , 2017, Pages 238-250

  Wu, Jie ^a   Zhuo, Shuaihe ^a   Wu, Zefu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Economic growth; National innovation system; Research and development; Rural China; Social entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; RURAL AREAS;

ECONOMIC GROWTHS; NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RURAL CHINAS; SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENTREPRENEUR; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POLICY; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

CHINA;

EID: 85005976121     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.10.014     Document Type: Article

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