Employment in China’s hi-tech zones

The purpose of this paper is to explore employment differences over time across China’s hi-tech zones. Using data from China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, we find that if a university science park is within a hi-tech zone, employment in that zone is higher, but that finding only holds for zo...

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Main Authors: Chen, C. (Author), Link, A.N (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer New York LLC 2018
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520 3 |a The purpose of this paper is to explore employment differences over time across China’s hi-tech zones. Using data from China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, we find that if a university science park is within a hi-tech zone, employment in that zone is higher, but that finding only holds for zones established in the pre-information communication technology period. After 2000, proximity to a university science park does not appear to be necessary for the exchange of tacit knowledge which we contend leverages the technology base of firms and organizations in the zone and thus their level of employment. We also find greater employment in hi-tech zones in which information technology is a dominant industry. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. 
650 0 4 |a Employment 
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650 0 4 |a Program management 
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700 1 |a Link, A.N.  |e author 
773 |t International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal