This study investigates the effects of three international technology diffusion (ITD) channels on regional economic convergence (REC): inward foreign direct investment (IFDI), outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) and imports. Based on Chinese provincial-level data, econometric results...

This paper analyzes how strategic calibration of utility model patent regimes – which provide a type of patent right that is distinct from invention patents and is far less studied in the literature – over time is intended to facilitate technological development. To do this, the paper...

A description of the Basic and Engineering Sciences (SC BES) and Science Policy and Sustainable Development (SC PSD) programmes at UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science in Latin America and the Caribbean is made. An account of the innovation patterns and the relation between science, engineering...