Regional Technology Development Path in an Open Developing Economy: Evidence from China

Tieli Li (), Miao Fu () and Xiaolan Fu
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Tieli Li: Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Miao Fu: UCD - University College Dublin [Dublin]

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Abstract: This paper 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 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.

Keywords: Social; Sciences; &; Humanities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-12-22
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Published in Applied Economics, 2011, 45 (11), pp.1405-1418. ⟨10.1080/00036846.2011.617701⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.617701

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