Patterns of Technology Transfer in Chinese Hotspots of Innovative Development — The Perspective of the Recipient Firms
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48422#.VDzJhVfHRK0 Author(s) Henning Kroll , Esther Schnabl Affiliation(s) Competence Center Policy and Regions, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Karlsruhe, Germany . Competence Center Policy and Regions, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Karlsruhe, Germany . ABSTRACT In China, as in other countries, pre-competitive research constitutes the basis of techno-economic development beyond imitation and adaptation. While acknowledging the nation’s concerted efforts to improve the situation, most empirical accounts of science-industry linkages in China remain sceptical about local universities’ ability ...