Fig. 16From: The role of innovation-led profits in the development of an international financial centreSource: Girma (2009)In SOEs at least, foreign investment good and domestic investment bad (unless the SOEs engages in foreign-oriented activity) The figure shows the effect of the variables above on Chinese innovation. As shown, foreign direct investment, export orientation and R&D play pivotal roles in promoting innovation. See original study (Table 4) for variable definitions and econometric methods used.Back to article page