Abstract
The research on urban innovation links is of great significance for revealing the structural characteristics of innovation space. At the same time, it is of great significance for formulating regional innovation development strategies. Based on statistics from 2008, 2013 and 2018, the time and spatial characteristics of the urban innovation contact network evolution in Henan Province were investigated using the entropy weight and gravity-model method. The results show that the overall pattern of the regional innovation network in Henan Province is radial, with the characteristics of a “core edge”. It shows that it radiates to the surrounding cities with Zhengzhou as the core. From the perspective of time evolution, the radiation range and intensity of the innovation center city have changed to varying degrees and the overall radiation pattern has not significantly changed. From the perspective of spatial evolution, the evolution of Henan Province’s innovation network presents the following development trends. The central and southern regions developed rapidly, and the western, northern and eastern regions developed slowly.
Highlights
Case Study of Henan Province.The scientific and technological innovation links formed between cities through knowledge flow and technical cooperation have gradually formed an innovation network between cities
Inter-city collaborative innovation has become a new trend in urban development and the network perspective is gradually being introduced into urban innovation research [2,3]
Current studies show that the structure of an innovation network is an important factor that affects the integration and utilization of regional innovation resources [4]
Summary
Case Study of Henan Province.The scientific and technological innovation links formed between cities through knowledge flow and technical cooperation have gradually formed an innovation network between cities. The development of the innovation network has effectively promoted the improvement of the overall scientific and technological innovation level of the region and the economic growth of cities in such regions [1]. Current studies show that the structure of an innovation network is an important factor that affects the integration and utilization of regional innovation resources [4]. This is directly related to the efficiency of the innovation system in the whole region, and the economic development performance of each city depends on their respective innovation ability and on the linkage of regional innovation as a whole [5,6,7,8]. Scholars are paying increasing attention to urban innovation network connections
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