Spatial-temporal evolution of technology flows in China’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region: Patent transfer networks 2003–2021

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 19; no. 6; p. e0301509
• Main Authors: Yuan, Xumei, Wei, Fuli, Zhang, Ming, Zhang, Xu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 27.06.2024; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Beijing; China; Cities; Collaboration; Computer and Information Sciences; Cooperation; Dynamic characteristics; Earth Sciences; Engineering and Technology; Flow; Group technology; Humans; Innovations; Intellectual Property; Inventions; Inventors; Knowledge; Medicine and Health Sciences; Patents as Topic - statistics & numerical data; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Regions; Social network analysis; Social networks; Social Sciences; Spatial distribution; Spatio-Temporal Analysis; Technology; Technology Transfer; Beijing; China; Beijing China; Yangtze River Delta; United States > US; Hebei China

This paper presents new evidence on knowledge flows in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region of China, involving 43 cities (districts) in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, based on the invention patent transfer data from the State Intellectual Property Office of China. First, the characteristics of techn...