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Yifei Sun

Associate Professor, California State University
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Yifei Sun is Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, California State University, Northridge. He got his Ph.D. in Geography from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His research interests fall within economic geography. Particularly, he is interested in technology, innovation and urban and economic development in China. His research has been funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Recently he completed a project on foreign research and development in China. Currently he is working on a project on examining technological upgrading in China’s three major city-regions: Beijing, Shanghai-Suzhou, and Shenzhen-Dongguan. Dr. Sun has published in journals such as Regional Studies, Environment and Planning A, Asian Pacific Business Review, Eurasian Geography and Economics, and The China Review, among many others. His co-edited book: Global R&D in China was published by Routledge in 2008. Prof. Sun has taught courses in research design, urban geography, economic geography, statistics, and geographic information systems. Professor Sun has been guest editors for a couple of journals on a number of special issues on China's innovation and technology, including the China Review (2006 with Yu Zhou) on Science and Technology Development in China, Asia Pacific Business Review (2007 with Max von Zedtwitz and Denis Fred Simon) on Global R&D in China, International Journal of Technology Management (in press with Rongping Mu) on China's New Innovation-Oriented Strategy, and GeoJournal (in press with Ronald Kalafsky) on Asian Manufacturing.

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My recent China-related publication

Book or Journal Issue Guest Editor

 *     Sun, Yifei and Rongping Mu, guest editors. Special Issue on China’s New Innovation-Oriented Strategy, International Journal of Technology Management, in press.

 *     Kalafsky, Ronald V. and Yifei Sun, guest editors. Special Issue on Asian Manufacturing, GeoJournal, in press

 *     Sun, Yifei, Max Von Zedtwitz and Denis Fred Simon (Eds). 2008. Global R&D in China. London: Routledge.

 *     Sun, Yifei (with Max Von Zedtwitz and Denis Fred Simon), Guest editor, 2007. Special Issue on Global R&D in China, Asian Pacific Business Review 13(3).

 *     Zhou, Yu and Yifei Sun, Guest Editors, 2006 Special Issue on Science and Technology Development in China, China Review 6 (1).

 Peer-Reviewed

*     Sun, Yifei. “Location of Foreign Research and Development in China.” Accepted by  In press

 *     Sun, Yifei. “Foreign Research and Development in China: A Sectoral Approach.” International Journal of Technology Management. In press.

 *     Sun, Yifei. “What Matters for Industrial Innovation in China: R&D, Technology Transfer or Spillover Impacts from Foreign Investment?” Accepted by International Journal of Business System Research

 *     Sun, Yifei and Hongyang Wang.2008 “How to develop High-Tech

Industry Clusters in Less Developed Areas (Experiences from Austin, TX and North Carolina Research Triangle (次发达地区如何发展高新技术产业群: 来自美国德州奥斯汀和北卡研究三角园的启示).” In Annual Report of S&T Development of China 2006-2007 (中国科技发展报告2006-2007), Edited by LIU Xielin. Beijing: Intellectual Property Press. Chapter 8: 71-81

 *     Sun, Yifei, Maximilian von Zedtwitz and Denis Fred Simon. 2007. “Globalization of R&D and China: an Introduction.” Asia Pacific Business Review, 13(3): 311-319

 *     Sun, Yifei and Ke Wen. 2007. “Uncertainties, Imitating behaviors and Foreign R&D Locations: Explaining the Over-concentration of Foreign R&D in Beijing and Shanghai within China.” Asia Pacific Business Review, 13(3):405-424

 *     Sun, Yifei and Ke Wen. 2007. “Country Relational Distance, Organizational Power and R&D Managers: Understanding Environmental Challenges for Foreign R&D in China.” Asia Pacific Business Review, 13(3):425-450

 *     Sun, Yifei and Hongyang Wang. 2007. “A Spatial Strategy for High-Quality Labor in Rural Development: A Case Study of Jiangsu, China.” Chinese Geographical Science 17(2): 117-126

 *     Zhou, Yu and Yifei Sun, Guest Editors, 2006. “Introduction: Mediating the State and Market in China's Competitive High Technology Industry.” China Review 6 (1): 1-7

 *     Sun, Yifei, Debin Du and Li Huang. 2006. “Foreign R&D in Developing Countries: Empirical Evidence from Shanghai, China.” China Review 6(1):67-91

 *     Sun, Yifei and Hongyang Wang. 2005 “Does Innovation Matter forExport in China’s Rural Enterprises? Empirical Evidences from Jiangsu.”Asian Geographer, 24 (-2): 1-15

 *     Sun, Yifei and Hong Yang Wang. 2005. “Does Internet Access Matter for Rural Industry? A Case Study of Jiangsu, China,” Journal of Rural Studies 21 (2): 247-258

 *     Sun, Yifei. 2003. “Strategic or tactical? Foreign research and development in developing countries, a case study of China.” Asian Geographer 22 (1&2):143-167

 *     Sun, Yifei. 2003. “Geographic Patterns of Industrial Innovation in China.” Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 94(3):376-389

 *     Sun, Yifei. 2003. “Foreign Patents in China.” World Patent Information 25(1): 27-37

 *     Sun, Yifei. 2002. “China’s National Innovation System in Transition.” Eurasia Geography and Economics 43(6):476-492

 *     Sun, Yifei. 2002. “Sources of Innovation in China’s Manufacturing Sector: Imported or Developed In-house?” Environment and Planning A 34(6):1059-1072

 *     Sun, Yifei. 2000. “Spatial Distribution of Patents in China.”Regional Studies 34(5): 441-454

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