Implications of China's innovation policy shift: Does “indigenous” mean closed?
Summary. China's indigenous innovation policy encourages firms to develop new technologies domestically, but companies adopt different strategies. Firms using closed innovation collaborate locally through personal networks and learning-by-doing, while open innovation firms partner across distances using science and technology-based learning. This reveals that indigenous innovation in China is not uniform—some firms remain geographically isolated while others engage globally.
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Losacker, S., & Liefner, I.. (2020). Implications of China's innovation policy shift: Does “indigenous” mean closed?. Growth and Change. https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.12400
Losacker, Sebastian, and Ingo Liefner. “Implications of China's innovation policy shift: Does “indigenous” mean closed?.” Growth and Change, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.12400.
Losacker, Sebastian, and Ingo Liefner. 2020. “Implications of China's innovation policy shift: Does “indigenous” mean closed?.” Growth and Change. https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.12400.
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- DOI
- 10.1111/grow.12400
- Countries
- China
- Regions
- Asia
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- innovation-networks, policy, regional-innovation-systems
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- 2026-04-28