Panel: Scientists Networking, Research Quality, and Building Innovative Provinces in China
(Science and Technology)

Thursday, November 6, 2014: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Estancia (Convention Center)

*Names in bold indicate Presenter

Panel Organizers:  Yonghong Wu, University of Illinois, Chicago
Panel Chairs:  Stuart Bretschneider, Syracuse University
Discussants:  Yonghong Wu, University of Illinois, Chicago and Jiannan Wu, Xi’an Jiaotong University


From Government Control to Market Incentive: Study on the Change of Innovation Policy Instruments in China
Jun Su, Cui Huang, Yue Guo, Lei Xu and Zhang Li, Tsinghua University



Rational Choice and Strategy Implementation: Multi-Cases Study of Provinces in China
Jiannan Wu1, Huan Liu1 and Bo Yan2, (1)Xi’an Jiaotong University, (2)Xi'an Jiaotong University



How Professional Networks Matter in the Careers of Academic Scientists? an Empirical Study on Chinese Academic Scientists in the US
Yonghong Wu and Eric Welch, University of Illinois, Chicago



Illusion of Increased Research Quality? a Clubbing Effect Analysis of China's Research
Li Tang1, Philip Shapira2,3 and Jan Youtie3, (1)Shanghai University, (2)University of Manchester, (3)Georgia Institute of Technology


China has been initiating a number of policies and programs at both the national and provincial levels in recent years to attract talented scientists back to China, enhance research quality in emerging fields such as nanotechnology, and build innovative provinces or regions in China. The three papers proposed in this panel will address important issues related to scientists Networking, research quality, and building innovative provinces in China.
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