The transformation of China into a knowledge based economy is currently one of the most intensively debated research … issues in Economic Geography and Regional Science. The focus of this study is on the effects of knowledge production and … knowledge spillovers on manufacturing total factor productivity (TFP) in China - at the level of Chinese regions - through the …

This paper analyses the influence of in-house R&D and external knowledge acquisition on the total factor productivity … with domestic partners. We do not find a significant effect for employing inventors with access to international knowledge … or for collaborating with international partners. International knowledge acquisition is only effective if conducted via …