The economic literature reveals that the relationship between patents and Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) depends on industries and countries’ features. Our research considers the pharmaceutical industry in China. This choice stems from a contradictory observation: China is known for its...

It is known that cities are the engines of growth of the modern economy and society. Herewith we highlight the national and regional characteristics of urbanization as a global process. Somewhere the urbanization is stimulated, in China for example, somewhere it is limited, as we see in Russia....