Intangible knowledge capital (IKC) - technology produced by workers but not embodied in them - can offset the middle income trap as China exhausts the benefits of international technology transfer. IKC is productivity-enhancing among Chinese enterprises - more so in domestically owned than in...

Intangible knowledge capital (IKC) - technology produced by workers but not embodied in them - can offset the "middle income trap" as China exhausts the benefits of international technology transfer. IKC is productivity-enhancing among Chinese enterprises - more so in domestically owned than in...

China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...

Intangible knowledge capital (IKC) – technology produced by workers but not embodied in them – can offset the "middle income trap" as China exhausts the benefits of international technology transfer. IKC is productivity-enhancing among Chinese enterprises – more so in domestically owned...

In this study, we examine how the national intellectual property (IP) model cities awarded by the National Intellectual Property Administration affect firm innovation activities in China. The difference-in-difference regression with a matched sample indicates that the recognition of IP model...

China's strategy for technological advancement since 1949 can be divided into four distinct phases, alternating between technological dependence and technological autonomy. Why does China pursue technological autonomy in some periods but adopt technological dependence in others? This paper...

This study develops a conceptual framework to understand the differential impact of formal institutional regime shift in intellectual property rights on the patenting and innovation strategies of Chinese and Western firms operating in China. We argue that to the extent that Chinese firms have...

This paper examines the location of foreign research and development (Ramp;D) establishments in China and reveals that such facilities are overly concentrated in Shanghai and Beijing, the two first-tier cities. We argue that the spatial concentration of Ramp;D in Shanghai and Beijing is more...

Using a difference-in-difference approach, we study how intellectual property right (IPR) protection affects innovation in China in the years around the privatizations of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Innovation increases after SOE privatizations, and this increase is larger in cities with...

In 2010 and 2011, foreign businesses and governments welcomed measures believed to dramatically reform a highly controversial branch of China's indigenous innovation policy which provided government procurement preferences to applicants who can meet restrictive indigenous intellectual property...