Industrial policies are considered pivotal for fostering green innovation and elevating enterprise development. They offer vital guidance for expediting the evolution of innovation systems, enhancing enterprise green competitiveness, and catalyzing the emergence of new sources of enterprise...

Small businesses face major challenges to becoming more innovative. These challenges are particularly prevalent in emerging economies where high uncertainties are a barrier to innovation. We know from previous studies that linkages to universities, on the one hand, and public procurement, on the...

This paper explains why many small and medium-sized private high-technology Chinese manufacturing firms survive and thrive within an institutional and political system arrayed against them. We use the mobile phone handset industry as an illustrative case of the vitality and capabilities of...

China has a wide-range of patent-specific and other patent-related policies in-place, many of which are at least partially meant to stimulate patents and "indigenous innovation." However, the analysis in this paper discusses how some of these policies in effect can actually discourage quality...

We develop measures for technology decoupling and dependence between the U.S. and China based on combined patent data. The first two decades of the century witnessed a steady increase in technology integration (or less decoupling), but China’s dependence on the U.S. increased (decreased)...

An increasing number of countries are setting up policy programs to attract talented expats to return. Can such programs help reverse the brain drain of elite scientists from developing countries to the developed world? Will they facilitate or hinder returnee scientists’ knowledge...

Purpose – This study examines the spatial and inter-temporal spillover effects of privatization on the corporate efficiency and regional income inequality of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs).Design/Methodology/Approach – The spatial Durbin model (SDM) is used in regressions to examine...

Purpose – This study addresses the development of China’s semiconductor industry in the context of the U.S.-China trade conflict, and analyzes the impact on other industries.Design/Methodology/Approach – Based on the multi-regional input-output table industry splitting method, the...

China has a wide-range of patent-specific and other patent-related policies in-place, many of which are at least partially meant to stimulate patents and “indigenous innovation.” However, the analysis in this paper discusses how some of these policies in effect can actually discourage...

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance is crucial for companies to attain sustainable development, which is a key reference for assessing the value and growth potential of a company. Government subsidies can provide incentives for companies to prioritize environmental...