We adopt a Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) of innovative activity to disentangle countries' patenting capacity from patenting efficiency. We analyze the determinants of innovative capacity of a set of 26 OECD countries plus China, over the period 1992-2007, to show if and how China's...

We provide a sector perspective on the drivers of Chinese outward foreign direct investments (ODI) by analyzing the automotive sector over the years 2006–2011. Following the widespread literature on host-country determinants of foreign direct investments (FDI), we distinguish among economic,...

The diffusion of innovative activities has been very fast in China since the mid-1990s. The literature nonetheless suggests that internationally-relevant innovation may have delayed gaining embeddedness in some places, depending on the strategy it was "seeded". This paper posits that different...

The paper focuses on the role of technological capabilities in pushing regional catch-up in China. A leading force behind its fast economic growth has been the government action in reforming rules and institutions and supporting structural change in the long run. The local clustering process of...