Rewards of Technology: Explaining China's Reverse Migration

Author(s)
Zweig, David
Chung, Siu
Vanhonacker, Wilfried R
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
China rewards Mainlanders with technology who return to China. Among entrepreneurs and scientists, technology is generating today's reverse migration as the rewards for bringing back technology are significant. Many returnees do not bring the latest international technology; technology that is new for China suffices to create a comparative advantage in the domestic market, making the transfer of technology a key strategy for becoming a successful reverse migrant. This article shows statistically that those who said that they had returned because they possessed a new technology (55% of our sample) were less likely to have a new international technology than a technology that was new only for China.
Citation
Journal of International Migration and Integration, 7(4), p. 449-471
ISSN
1874-6365
1488-3473
Link
Language
en
Publisher
Transaction Publishers
Title
Rewards of Technology: Explaining China's Reverse Migration
Type of document
Journal Article
Entity Type
Publication

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