Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/24840 
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Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1445
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
Since 1997 the Hong Kong (HK) government has markedly changed its role from being a mere institution provider to being an active innovation promoter. As such, it has actively implemented innovation policies that focus especially on creating new funding opportunities and establishing several R&D centres to facilitate information flow and innovation cooperation between universities and industries. One of the industries in which it has been especially active is the electronics industry. Thus this study looks at the electronics industry to examine, using data collected from a questionnaire survey on the HK electronics SMEs, whether these policies have positively affected innovation intensity in HK. The survey findings indicate that there has been an increase in innovation activities in HK, but also that neither the R&D centres nor the universities have played important roles as innovation sources or innovation partners for the HK electronics SMEs. Rather, the main way through which universities and R&D centres support the HK electronics SMEs' innovation activities seems to be the provision of a highly-qualified labour-force transmitting academic knowledge to companies.
Subjects: 
Electronics
innovation
innovation policy
regional survey
Hong Kong
China
JEL: 
D21
L60
O31
O33
O38
R10
R28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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