Exploring the International Connectivity of Chinese Inventors in the Pharmaceutical Industry
29 Pages Posted: 15 Dec 2014
Date Written: December 13, 2014
Abstract
This paper explores the integration of emerging countries into the global system of innovation, as a channel for their technological catch-up. Using data on the innovative activity in the Chinese pharmaceutical industry, we analyze the geographic dispersion of inventor networks linked to China, as a function of the characteristics of the innovative actors that coordinate their inventive work.
Keywords: Emerging Countries, Technological Catch-Up, FDI
JEL Classification: M16
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Perri, Alessandra and Scalera, Vittoria Giada and Mudambi, Ram, Exploring the International Connectivity of Chinese Inventors in the Pharmaceutical Industry (December 13, 2014). Department of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia Working Paper No. 29/2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2537784 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2537784
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