Innovativeness and human capital as a main source of competitiveness of Chinese economy

Tomasz  Bieliński

Published : 2016-03-14

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2016)

Innovativeness and human capital as a main source of competitiveness of Chinese economy

Tomasz Bieliński

Abstract

Since its transformation Chinese economy competitiveness was based on low cost labor, but recently this situation is changing. Research hypothesis of the article is that thanks to development of human capital innovation can become to be the most important competitiveness factor for China. By the method of case studies of the companies operating in one of the most competitive sector in the world, which is office and telecom equipment, the article positively verifies that hypothesis.

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China, education, human capital, innovation, technology

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Bieliński, T. . (2016). Innovativeness and human capital as a main source of competitiveness of Chinese economy . Forum Scientiae Oeconomia, 4(1), 21–31. Retrieved from https://ojs.wsb.edu.pl/index.php/fso/article/view/231

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