Do Multinationals' R&D Activities Stimulate Indigenous Entrepreneurship? Evidence from China's "Silicon Valley"

Hongbin Cai, Yasuyuki Todo, Li-An Zhou

NBER Working Paper No. 13618
Issued in November 2007

---- Acknowledgments ----

The authors would like to thank Thomas Hellmann, Rebecca Henderson, Scott Stern, and participants of the NBER conference on "Entrepreneurship: Strategy and Structure" and CCER-NBER conference on "China and World Economy" for helpful comments and the Kauffman Foundation for financial support. We are also grateful to Hongjia Wang at the Research Department of Zhongguancun Administrative Commission for his valuable help on the project, and to the companies we interviewed for their cooperation. Todo thanks the New Energy and Industrial Technology Organization for financial support. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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