Regional Innovation Profiles: A Comparative Empirical Study of Four Chinese Regions Based on Expert Knowledge

  • Ingo Liefner*
  • , Henning Kroll
  • , Gang Zeng
  • , Anna Barbara Heindl
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In emerging economies such as China, marked by profound regional disparities in terms of socio-economic wealth and technology, different regions use not only different levels of inputs into the innovation process, but also produce different outputs with qualitative diversity that is seldom sufficiently acknowledged. This paper uses structured expert interviews (AHP) to provide insights into the innovation profiles of four selected Chinese regions: Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Kunming. It combines information on drivers of innovation as well as innovation characteristics and objectives to establish and compare regional innovation profiles.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)101-117
Number of pages17
JournalZeitschrift fur Wirtschaftsgeographie
Volume65
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2021

Keywords

  • Analytic hierarchy process
  • China
  • Comparative research
  • Regional Innovation Profiles

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