Geographic scale has been central to the debate on studies on technological innovation. Through a brief examination of …'s national innovation system was a centrally commanded and segregated system with a clear orientation towards strategic weaponry …'s national innovation system has experienced shifts towards civilian-orientation, increasing roles of industries, and closer …

This study examines the relationships between inter-firm networking and innovation within industrial clusters in a …

This paper adopts a structural framework to study the process of indigenous innovation and its impact on firm … almost 70,000 private Chinese firms operating in the PRC from 2004 to 2007. Relying on a structural innovation framework, the …'s decision to innovate; (ii) the innovation effort; (iii) the innovation throughput; and (iv) the firm performance. The results …