?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Determinants+of+regional+innovation+capacity+in+China&rft.creator=Zhou%2C+Ying&rft.subject=National+Innovation+System%2C+Regional+Innovation+System%2C+National+Innovation&rft.description=Since+the+1980s%2C+when+the+concept+of+innovation+systems(IS)+was+first+presented(Freeman%2C+2004)%2C+a+large+body+of+work+has+been+done+on+IS.+IS+is+a+framework+that+consists+of+elements+related+to+innovation+activities%2C+such+as+innovation+actors%2Cinstitutional+environments%2C+and+the+relationship+between+those+elements+(Lundvall%2C1992%3B+Nelson%2C+1993).+Studies+on+NIS%2FRIS+aim+to+understand+the+structures+and+dynamics+of+IS+(Lundvall%2C+1992%3B+Nelson%2C+1993)%2C+mainly+through+case+studies+and+comparative+case+studies(Archibugi%2C+1996%3B+MacDowall%2C+1984%3B+Mowery%2C+1998%3BRadosevic%2C+2000).+Research+on+IS+has+extended+from+the+national+level+(NIS)+to+the+regional+level+(RIS)+(Cooke%2C+Uranga%2C+%26+Etxebarria%2C+1997%3B+Cooke%2C+Uranga%2C+%26+Etxebarria%2C+1998)%2C+and+from+developed+economies+to+developing+economies.+RIS+is%0D%0Avital%2C+especially+for+a+large+and+diverse+countries(Edquist%2C+2004)+like+China.%0D%0AMore+recently%2C+based+on+the+literature+of+NIS%2C+Furman%2C+Porter+and+Scott+(2002)introduced+the+framework+of+national+innovation+capacity+(NIC)%2C+which+employs+a+quantitative+approach+to+understanding+to+what+degree+elements+of+NIS+impact+on+innovation+capacity.+Regional+innovation+capacity+(RIC)+is+the+adaption+of+NIC+at+the+regional+level.+Although+regional+level+research+is+important+there+is+limited+work+done+on+RIC+and+there+is+even+less+in+transitional+economies%2C+which+are+different+to+developed+countries.%0D%0ATo+better+understand+RIC+in+transitional+countries+this+thesis+conducted+a+study+of+30+administrative+regions+in+Mainland+China+between+1991+and+2005.+To+establish+the+key+factors+driving+RIC+in+China+the+study+explored+the+impact+of+three+elements+in+the+innovation+system%3B(a)+innovation+actors%2C+(b)+innovation+inputs%2C+and+(c)international+and+domestic+innovation+system+interactions.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2012-08&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F60822%2F1%2FYing_Zhou_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Zhou%2C+Ying+(2012)+Determinants+of+regional+innovation+capacity+in+China.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F60822%2F&rft.identifier=Australian+Centre+for+Entrepreneurship+Research%3B+QUT+Business+School%3B+School+of+Management