China's exponential growth in science and the contribution of firms
| Main Authors: | Bihui, Jin, Rousseau, Ronald |
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| Format: | Preprint NonPeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2005
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/6684/1/Exponential_growth.PDF http://eprints.rclis.org/6684/ |
Daftar Isi:
- 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.