A number of studies have reported an extension of the thermal growing season in response to the warming climate during recent decades. However, the magnitude of extension depends heavily on the threshold temperature used: for a given area, a small change in the threshold temperature results in...

Effects of thermal expansion coefficient (CTE) mismatch on structure and electrical properties of TiO2 film deposited on Si substrate by ion beam assistant electron beam evaporation have been investigated. Because of a high CTE mismatch between TiO2 film and Si substrate, microcracks appeared in...

It is commonly accepted nowadays that external knowledge sources are important for firms’ innovative performance. However, it is still not clear, what dimensions of firms’ external knowledge search strategy are crucial in determining their innovation success and whether these search...

Based on a categorization of technological change, this paper proposes three patterns of catch-up: incremental, disruptive and revolutionary. Variations in innovation forms within the three patterns of catch-up are analyzed using Chinese firm-level survey data. The innovativeness of firms evolve...

Anecdotal evidence suggests that manufacturing firms are able to engage in product diversification through external technology acquisitions, such as technology licensing. However, there is little empirical evidence regarding this proposition to link inward technology licensing and firms’...

Based on March's balance theory of explorative and exploitative learning, the paper analyses the synergy between these two kinds of learning and their effect on innovation performance. Then, through a large sample of Chinese firms, the paper tests the synergy effect between these twin learning,...