Innovation and Regional Development in China (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy #120)

By: Ingo Liefner and Yehua Dennis Wei

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Synopsis: Although China is now the ‘factory of the world’, there is no reason to expect that it will always be content with manufacturing labor-intensive goods for foreign corporations. Scholars must now ask: What is the current level of innovation in China? And how can we face this challenge and renovate industrial production and innovation capacities in developed countries? This edited volume investigates the unique characteristics of Chinese innovation and regional development, China’s policy framework, and the role that transnational corporations play in China’s increasing innovation activities. This book contributes to the heated debate regarding pathways for technology progress and regional development in developing countries, and identifies the ways in which local production networks respond to different configurations of external linkages. Linking patterns of global and local production networks with the trajectories of technology development and regional development allows the authors to theorize and test whether, and how, particular configurations of production networks generate divergent long-term local productivity growth and technological development outcomes. Innovation and Regional Development in China will be of interest to geographers, economists, China specialists, development specialists, and scholars working on innovation and regional development in developing areas and transition countries.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 314 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781136259364
Related ISBNs:: 9781138231337, 9780415621687, 9780203106754
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 06/13/23
Copyrighted By:: Selection and editorial material, Ingo Liefner and Yehua Dennis Wei
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Earth Sciences
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Ingo Liefner
Edited by:: Yehua Dennis Wei