Innovation and regional development in China (Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2014)
Cover; Innovation and RegionalDevelopment in China; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface and acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: innovation and regional development in China; Part I; 2 Explaining innovation and regional development in China: how much can we learn from applying established Western theories?; 3 Regional structures and trends in China's innovation system: an indicator-based account of the last decade's developments
4 China's regional economic development from a national perspective: the case of the biopharmaceutical industryPart II; 5 FDI networks, R & D activities and the making of global cities in China; 6 The development of the spatial concentration and co-agglomeration of industrial and public innovation in China: a province-level analysis; 7 Firm activity and regional brokers in science-driven knowledge networks in China's biotechnology system; Part III; 8 Personalization of business relations in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: an institutional necessity or a strategic opportunity?
9 Emerging regional innovation systems in Shenzhen: technological evolution of foreign-invested and indigenous firms10 Linkage, leverage, learning and the developmental upgrade of the Zhangjiang IC design industry cluster; 11 Inter-cultural economic practices and institutional support in Shanghai's automobile supplier industry; 12 Technological advantage of Beijing and its effect on urban development; 13 Conclusion; Index
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 innovatio