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China's exponential growth in science and the contribution of firms

Bihui, Jin and Rousseau, Ronald (2005) China's exponential growth in science and the contribution of firms.

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Abstract

It is shown that for all essential scientific and technological indicators China shows an exponential increase. Only for the number of R&D personnel the increase is linear. Special attention goes to the contribution of Chinese firms in the output of scientific articles. It is shown that, although this output increases exponentially in absolute numbers, its share in the total scientific output of China is lower than that of European countries. It is concluded that if China succeeds in developing a well-structured technology transfer system from research to economic development, the increasing technological and scientific outputs, illustrated in this article, will be a main source of future economic growth.

Keywords:China, exponential growth, contribution of companies, R&D indicators, doubling times
Subjects:B. Information use and sociology of information. > BB. Bibliometric methods.
B. Information use and sociology of information. > BE. Information economics.
ID Code:4564
Deposited By:Rousseau, Ronald
Deposited On:23 August 2005
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