Technological Composition and Innovation Factors in Inventive Yangtze River Delta: Evidence from Patent Inventions

Patents as proxy for technological trends is well noted. The rapid increase of patents in China, however, has aroused debates on its technological progress: ‘few original innovations’ are produced in advanced areas, and true ‘breakthroughs’ are disproportionate to the quantity of the applications. A...

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Main Authors: Lingyue Li, Lie Wang, Xiaohu Zhang, Lan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/5/1842