TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovation dynamics and club convergence in innovation activity in China
T2 - A temporal perspective
AU - Jimenez-Moro, Eduardo
AU - Piperopoulos, Panagiotis
AU - Kafouros, Mario
AU - AU, Kai Ming Alan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors. Papers in Regional Science © 2023 Regional Science Association International.
PY - 2023/8
Y1 - 2023/8
N2 - We examine the convergence of innovation activity across Chinese provinces and untangle how such activity has evolved between 1987 and 2020. Our study reveals which factors matter for innovation and how the significance and relative importance of different factors changed over time. To capture this evolution, we distinguish between three key time periods and identify the existence of temporal effects. We further find that depending on the time-period, regional innovation activity in China has developed in at least three innovation convergence clubs. We offer useful insights, with theory and policy implications, of the roots of regional innovation convergence and the causes of geographical disparities in China's innovation activity.
AB - We examine the convergence of innovation activity across Chinese provinces and untangle how such activity has evolved between 1987 and 2020. Our study reveals which factors matter for innovation and how the significance and relative importance of different factors changed over time. To capture this evolution, we distinguish between three key time periods and identify the existence of temporal effects. We further find that depending on the time-period, regional innovation activity in China has developed in at least three innovation convergence clubs. We offer useful insights, with theory and policy implications, of the roots of regional innovation convergence and the causes of geographical disparities in China's innovation activity.
KW - China
KW - club convergence
KW - innovation
KW - regional innovation systems
KW - temporal effects
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85165450356&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/pirs.12750
DO - 10.1111/pirs.12750
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85165450356
SN - 1056-8190
VL - 102
SP - 791
EP - 816
JO - Papers in Regional Science
JF - Papers in Regional Science
IS - 4
ER -