Regional technology development path in an open developing economy: evidence from China

Tieli Li, Miao Fu and Xiaolan Fu

Applied Economics, 2013, vol. 45, issue 11, 1405-1418

Abstract: This article explores the paths of regional technology development in a large open developing economy. Findings from the research based on Chinese data suggest a differentiated approach to regional technology development. In technologically advanced regions, indigenous R&D plays a more important role than learning-by-doing while in backward regions the latter becomes more important. Interregional technology transfer is found to have a more significant impact on regional technology development than Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and its effect intensifies when the technology level of the recipient region is close to the technological frontier. R&D plays a key role in both the assimilation of foreign technologies in advanced regions and the assimilation of interregional technology transfer; learning-by-doing only affects the latter.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.617701

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