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The impact of licensed-knowledge attributes on the innovation performance of licensee firms : evidence from the Chinese electronic industry

Wang, Yuandi; Zhou, Zhao; Li-Ying, Jason - In: The journal of technology transfer 38 (2013) 5, pp. 699-715

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The dual role of local sites in assisting firms with developing technological capabilities : evidence from China

Wang, Yuandi; Zhou, Zhao - In: International business review : the official journal of … 22 (2013) 1, pp. 63-76

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How Chinese firms learn technology from transnational corporations: A comparison of the telecommunication and automobile industries

He, Xiyou; Mu, Qing - In: Journal of Asian Economics 23 (2012) 3, pp. 270-287

growth of technological capability of Chinese indigenous firms under a revised model of technological learning and catch … strategy from the viewpoint of technological learning and industrial catch-up. This study finds that knowledge was gained by …

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On the electrification of road transport - Learning rates and price forecasts for hybrid-electric and battery-electric vehicles

Weiss, Martin; Patel, Martin K.; Junginger, Martin; … - In: Energy Policy 48 (2012) C, pp. 374-393

passenger cars but may become cheaper due to technological learning. Here, we obtain insight into the prospects of future price …

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Towards a low-carbon economy: Coping with technological bifurcations with a carbon tax

Chi, Chunjie; Ma, Tieju; Zhu, Bing - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) 6, pp. 2081-2088

Technological learning is understood as an endogenous mechanism for the diffusion of advanced clean energy technologies …. Technological learning is quite uncertain. Previous research showed that an optimization model with uncertain technological learning …. With a three-stage analysis, the main findings of this paper are (1) that technological learning, instead of its …

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Local Entrepreneurship within Global Value Chains: A Case Study in the Mexican Automotive Industry

Contreras, Oscar F.; Carrillo, Jorge; Alonso, Jorge - In: World Development 40 (2012) 5, pp. 1013-1023

Since the 1980s, Mexico became an attractive location for global automobile assemblers. Geographical proximity and low production costs were associated with high productivity. As this industry became highly concentrated, benefits for the host localities turned into a controversial issue.

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Channels of interaction in health biotechnology networks in South Africa: who benefits and how?

Kruss, Glenda - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 5 (2012) 1/2, pp. 204-220

The promotion of university-industry linkages in developing countries is contested, given high levels of poverty, inequality and human development needs. A recent research trend offers new insights that can shift the terms of debate and inform differentiated policy approaches in a more...

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Intermediary organisations to foster the agricultural system of innovation: the Mexican Produce Foundation

Ekboir, Javier M.; Vera-Cruz, Alexandre O. - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 5 (2012) 1/2, pp. 111-125

The building of innovation capabilities in industrial firms has received a great deal of attention in the last three decades; however, innovation capabilities within agriculture has barely been explored. This study contributes to this under-researched area by presenting a novel conceptual...

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Nuclear energy technology adoption by intensive energy industrial users in South Africa

Maphisa, Ezekiel; Marcelle, Gillian; Perrot, Radhika - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 5 (2012) 1/2, pp. 158-183

This paper analyses factors affecting adoption of pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR) process heat plant (PHP) technology, a nuclear power generation technology, among intensive energy consumers in South Africa. It reports on a study that analysed the factors affecting take up of a novel...

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South Africa's national system of innovation and knowledge economy evolution: thinking about 'less favoured regions'

Abrahams, Lucienne; Pogue, Thomas E. - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 5 (2012) 1/2, pp. 58-82

This article reviews some basic features of inequality in South African society and in the national innovation system, using national research survey data. It poses questions about how sub-national innovation systems might evolve in the 'less favoured regions' of South Africa. It commences with...

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