more R&D personnel. We test this hypothesis against a natural experiment that took place in 1995 when the U.S. patent law …

This paper analyzes the patent propensity as an outcome of innovative activities of regional SMEs. To achieve the aims … automotive parts industry, is negatively related with propensity to patent innovation. Also, unlike expectations, the InnoBiz …'s academic credentials are positively related with propensity to patent.From the findings, we can conclude that patenting …

This paper highlights the employment patterns of China's over-45 population and, for perspective, places them in the … developing countries, China can be characterized as having two retirement systems: a formal system, under which urban employees … of exit from work are shown to be much greater in urban China than in rural areas, and also greater than observed in …

China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular … non-communicable diseases over the period 2010-2030 are $16 trillion for China (measured in real USD with the base year …-effectiveness analysis by identifying some intervention strategies to reduce disease prevalence in China that are cost beneficial and …

system: China-to-South Korea ethnic labour migration. Over the past decade, South Korea has experienced an unprecedented … increase in the arrival of foreign labour. The majority of workers come from the People's Republic of China. Based on a … source of migrant labour in South Korea demonstrate that the China-to-South Korea ethnic population movement is an important …