Industrial Innovation System Research Articles

National Innovation System and an Approach to Innovation Activities at the Scale of an Economic Sector: Some Theoretical Foundations

Innovation is one of the important factors for rapid and sustainable economic and social development in an internationally competitive environment. Identifying and analyzing the national innovation system is a necessary need, moving towards building policy solutions to support Vietnam's national innovation system. However, at the scale and level of an economic industry, this connotation can and should be developed and applied according to the industry innovation system approach.
 Keywords: National innovation system, sectoral innovation system, emerging innovation system, fragmented (dual) innovation system.

From lagging behind to going beyond: windows of opportunity and latecomers' catch-up strategies

PurposeTo answer the questions: what roles windows of opportunity act in the catchup process of latecomers, what strategies latecomer enterprises should adopt to size windows of opportunity to catch-up with incumbents even going beyond?Design/methodology/approachThis paper studies the catch-up history of the Chinese mobile phone industry and proposes a sectoral innovation system under scenario of technology paradigm shifts. Then a history-friendly simulation model and counterfactual analysis are conducted to learn how different windows of opportunity and catch-up strategies influence the catch-up performance of latecomers.FindingsResults show latecomers can catch up with technology ability by utilizing technology window and path-creating strategy. However, catching up with the market is not guaranteed. Demand window can help latecomers to catch up with market as it increases their survival rates, different sized windows benefit different strategies. However, it also enlarges incumbents' scale effect. Without technology window technology catch up is not guaranteed. Two windows have combination effects. Demand window affects the “degree” of change in survival rates, while the technology window affects the “speed” of change. Demand window provides security; technology window provides the possibility of a breakthrough for technology ability.Practical implicationsThe findings of this paper provide theoretical guidance for latecomer enterprises to choose appropriate catch-up strategies to seize different opportunity windows.Originality/valueThis paper emphasizes the abrupt change of industrial innovation system caused by technology paradigm shifts, which makes up for the shortcomings of previous researches on industrial innovation system which either studied the influence of static factors or based on the influence of continuous changes.

Research on value realization mode of digital culture and tourism platform

As a new business model based on digital technology, digital culture and tourism can promote the high-quality development of China's culture and tourism industry. How to build a digital culture and tourism platform that can realize value co-creation has become a research hotspot. Based on the service-oriented logic theory, this paper studies the value co-creation model of digital cultural tourism platform. Analyze the value realization process of "creation - interaction - realization", propose a perfect system mechanism for exploring the cultural tourism IP system, deepening digital empowerment, and building a platform financial service system, propose an incentive mechanism for tax policy, and propose a sound security mechanism for strengthening digital infrastructure and talent training. Then promote the construction of "new infrastructure" of cultural tourism, consolidate the foundation of industrial development, expand the supply of high-quality digital cultural tourism products, strengthen the construction of professional talents, optimize the cultivation of industrial innovation system, rely on new technology cultivation carriers, release emerging consumption potential, and promote the high-quality development of digital cultural tourism industry.

Research on the Coupling Coordination Degree of Triple Helix of Government Guidance, Industrial Innovation and Scientific Research Systems: Evidence from China

The coordinated development among government guidance, industrial innovation and scientific research systems has a profound impact on scientific and technological innovation. By constructing a triple helix evaluation index system covering 3 first-class indicators and 32 second-class indicators, this study calculates the coupling coordination degree (CCD) of the triple helix of government (G), industry (I) and university (U) in China from 2010 to 2020, analyzes its time change trend and spatial regional differences, and discusses macro influencing factors. The findings are as follows: First, the coordinated development of government guidance, industrial innovation and scientific research subsystems is low. Although the CCD of triple helix of GIU has been improved, it is still in a mild imbalance state. The CCD of triple helix of GIU in the eastern region is the highest, and that in the western region is the lowest. The CCD of triple helix of GIU in the central region grows the fastest, and that in the northeast region grows the slowest. Secondly, informationization level, opening to the outside world, urbanization level, market demand and economic development are the main influencing factors of the CCD of triple helix of GIU, but these factors have heterogeneous influences on different regions.

패널FGLS를 이용한 테크노파크 조성 및 입지, 운영특성이 지역경제 성장에 미치는 효과 분석

This study empirically analyzes the effects of development, location and operation features of a technology complexes (so-called ‘Technopark’) on the regional economic growth, which are being constructed as a part of the government’s policy initiatives to establish a regional industrial clustering and regional innovation system, and foster regional industries. The empirical analysis is conducted with Panel FGLS. The major findings are as follows. First, it is found that the expansion of direct use spaces such as technology, R&D, and support services has a positive effect on regional economic growth as they increase corporate performance. Second, it is confirmed that business cost of a technopark to foster strategic industries and individual companies in the region has a significant effect on the regional economic growth. Third, it is also found that private technoparks had better effects on regional economic growth, compared to public technoparks, as they are more flexible in dealing with fast changing industrial environment. Fourth, it is shown that technoparks created in non-metropolitan areas has a greater impact on the regional economy. Fifth, it is suggested that the regional industrial specialization policy based on technopark construction has a significant effect on the regional economic growth. With findings, this study suggests that it is necessary to promote a policy for activation and specialization of regional industry by expanding and creating a technopark in underdeveloped areas.

The Influencing Factors and Improvement Paths of the Manufacturing Industry Innovation System of Products for the Elderly

Taking 22 manufacturing industries of the products for the elderly as the research objects, the process of reachability matrix and grounded theory is used to extract the influencing factors of manufacturing industry innovation system of products for the elderly. They are the completeness of the innovation subject, the ability of the innovation subject, the perfection of the infrastructure, the institutional incentives, the interaction efficiency of the innovation subject, and the degree of lock-in inertia, which are regarded as the condition variables for manufacturing industry innovation system. and the method of fuzzy sets qualitative comparative analysis is used to explore different configuration of conditional variables. The result identifies two configurations, namely, “subject-environment” dual-drive type and “subject-environment-interaction” comprehensive coupling type, which lead to high performance. The result also unfolds two configurations, “resource-oriented” and “technology-locked type,” which lead to failure of the innovation system. Multiple paths indicate that diversified innovation-driven combinations can help improve the performance of the manufacturing industry innovation system of the products for the elderly, and the ability of the innovation subject and the interaction efficiency of the innovation subject are the core driving factors.

Complex System Models and Their Application in Industrial Cluster and Innovation Systems

Complex System Models and Their Application in Industrial Cluster and Innovation Systems

Connecting emerging industry and regional innovation system: Linkages, effect and paradigm in China

An emerging industry refers to an aggregation of sectors and firms that create disruptive technologies and/or huge market potentials. Emerging industries based on technological innovation have increasingly become an important driving force for industrial competitiveness and economic growth. Although regional innovation systems (RISs) boost regional industries, it remains under-investigated whether and how RISs have differential impacts on different industries. Inspired by Pavitt's taxonomy of sectorial innovation, we propose four paradigms of industrial innovation in the context of emerging industries in China. We also empirically explore the effects of RISs on emerging industries, distinguishing the short-term effects from long-term ones. We present two key findings. First, RISs have generally contributed to the growth of emerging industries in China. Second, different components of RISs have varied impacts on different emerging industries. The results provide both theoretical underpinnings and empirical evidence for policy-makers, suggesting that well-designed policies that leverage RIS formation and regional industry specific characteristics are vitally important for development of emerging industries. Our study makes three important contributions. First, it theorizes a conceptual framework on possible mechanism through which RISs promote emerging industries. Second, this study sheds empirical light on both short-term and long-term effects of individual RIS components on seven emerging industries in the Chinese context. Third, the paper proposes four paradigms of industrial innovation in emerging industries under the RIS framework.

Innovation Behavior of Salvadoran Food & Beverage Industry Firms

This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the external and internal determinants that affect the innovation dynamics of a low-tech sector in a less developed economy; the food & beverage (F&B) industry in El Salvador. The empirical framework relies on a multivariate probit analysis applied to data from El Salvador’s First National Innovation Survey 2013. The results show that R&D activities, use of industrial protection by F&B industry firms as well as relationships between firms and knowledge agents are useful for technological innovations while the qualifications of firms’ workforce and the relationships between firms and value chain agents prove useful for non-technological innovations. In addition, firms can take advantage of their size and location in the department of San Salvador to promote product innovation, whereas firms’ maturity is seen to be a disadvantage. Based on the results to emerge, the role that public science, technology and innovation (STI) policies as well as STI business strategies can play in the Salvadoran agri-food industry innovation system is seen to be huge.

Innovation Behavior of Salvadoran Food & Beverage Industry Firms

This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the external and internal determinants that affect the innovation dynamics of a low-tech sector in a less developed economy; the food & beverage (F&B) industry in El Salvador. The empirical framework relies on a multivariate probit analysis applied to data from El Salvador’s First National Innovation Survey 2013. The results show that R&D activities, use of industrial protection by F&B industry firms as well as relationships between firms and knowledge agents are useful for technological innovations while the qualifications of firms’ workforce and the relationships between firms and value chain agents prove useful for non-technological innovations. In addition, firms can take advantage of their size and location in the department of San Salvador to promote product innovation, whereas firms’ maturity is seen to be a disadvantage. Based on the results to emerge, the role that public science, technology and innovation (STI) policies as well as STI business strategies can play in the Salvadoran agri-food industry innovation system is seen to be huge.

A Study on the Analysis of China's Telemedicine Industry from the Perspective of the Industrial Innovation System and its Implications for Korea

A Study on the Analysis of China's Telemedicine Industry from the Perspective of the Industrial Innovation System and its Implications for Korea

Back to the Future: Scoping Dynamics in Industrial Innovation

Many companies and regions in Europe consider innovation to be their key competitive advantage. To enable these actors to successfully incorporate innovation into their strategic planning, this article seeks to scope dynamics of industrial innovation by analyzing historical developments and forecasting future trends. The insight into historical developments provides the basis for learnings and a deeper understanding of the dynamics of industrial innovation. The forecast of industrial innovation in 2030 creates a framework to discuss future orientation and positioning. Historical developments are regrouped according to five key action fields of R&D and innovation management in accordance to the action fields of industrial companies. The foresight process was carried out based on a reduced and adapted version of the scenario technique, starting bottom-up with the descriptors of innovation systems and resulting in five theses on how innovation will look like in 2030. Both perspectives are combined to reach conclusions on anticipated transformative aspects in industrial innovation systems and discuss potential consistencies, repetitions, and interruptions between historical and future dynamics.

Local Economic Innovation

The Rotan Ketak (local rattan) industry is an industry born as handicraft industry with strong local cultural capital. The strengths of this industrial value are; the involvement of women in the production process, environmentally friendly (zero waste), has a value-added network of raw materials, has a high local value from the design aspect, and has a strong network of markets both at domestic and abroad. This study uses a descriptive explanatory method by applying several approaches namely; canvas model business, industrial process analysis, and content analysis. Some important findings of this study describe the ability of the local industry to provide specific added value. Rotan Ketak Industry innovation system can be a source of local economic competitive advantage in facing the global market. The strong value proposition of the product could compete with another product. The industry is also capable to expose some strength of the human side that cannot be completely replaced by the function of sophisticated technology because it combines local values, humanity, art, and local economy. The capacity of this industry to build partnerships between artisans with the local trading system is also a major finding. In the medium-long term, this industry has a potential contribution to achieving local sustainable economic growth.

When regional meets global: exploring the nature of global innovation networks in the video game industry in Southern Sweden

ABSTRACT For firms in symbolic (creative) industries, the region is usually seen as the main arena for knowledge sourcing and exchange. Why and how these firms use global innovation networks remains however poorly understood. This paper draws on in-depth interviews with firm representatives and network data collected through a survey of video game developers in southern Sweden. Video game development is a typical example of a symbolic industry, encompassing the development of non-tangible and symbol-intensive products and services. In recent years, this industry has advanced from a niche sector into a global mass market. Understanding how the hybrid character of the industry – with strong symbolic cultural roots but also a significant global engagement – affects the geography of innovation networks is the focus of this paper. The analysis reveals that knowledge sourcing and exchange take place likewise on the regional and global scale, but for different purposes and through different mechanisms. It also shows that not all variance in network engagement can be explained by differences in industrial knowledge bases or regional innovation systems. In contrast, the target market and the nature and geography of demand are important explanatory factors.

Development Strategies for China’s Advanced Fiber Materials Industry

China’s chemical fiber volume ranks first in the world and is a pillar industry of the national economy. However, there are still prominent problems regarding the development of the chemical fiber industry and promoting the advanced fundamental fiber materials has become the key to the high-quality development of the chemical fiber and textile industries. This study focuses on three types of advanced fiber materials: differential fiber, high-performance fiber, and bio-based fiber. The status, challenges, and development trends of the advanced fiber materials in China are analyzed. On this basis, the key tasks for the future development of the advanced fiber materials are summarized, including developing key technologies to form representative products, improving the intelligent manufacturing level, strengthening the independent innovation capacity, and enhancing the training of scientific and technological talents. This study also proposes development suggestions from the aspects of industrial development strategy, scientific and technological innovation system, the role of science and technology, internationalization of key enterprises, and coordinated development, hoping to provide a theoretical reference for the high-quality development of China’s fiber materials industry.

Study on the Construction Planning of Forest Products Industry in Cangwu County Based on the Principles of Green Development and Circular Economy

Forest products industry is a green industry and a sunrise industry. As the largest green economy, it plays an important role in effectively alleviating the contradiction between supply and demand of wood, realizing the sustainable utilization of forest resources and realizing the development goal of circular economy. It has played a positive role in improving the ecological environment, promoting industrial agglomeration, promoting the development of related industries, and maintaining wood safety. Through scientific and technological innovation driven and industrial agglomeration, a forest products industrial cluster area integrating production and manufacturing, scientific and technological research and development, exhibition and sales will be built in Cangwu county. To strengthen and expand forest industry in Guangxi province, the level of resource utilization has been significantly enhanced, the product quality has been greatly improved, and the industrial chain has been further extended. Efforts should be made to develop the downstream furniture, wooden door, and wood flooring manufacturing industry, and also to improve the industrial scale, standardization and intensification, to strengthen the industrial innovation system, to establish the industrial chain led by leading enterprises, to create a tree shaped industrial structure, as well as to establish coordinated development. We should exhibit the modern industrial system, build the forest industry into the pillar industry of Cangwu County, turn the green water and green mountains into gold and silver mountains, and build the concentration area into the national forestry industry demonstration park in China.

The Existing Problems and Promotion Strategies of Green and Low-carbon Urbanization in China

This paper analyzes the problems existing in the green and low-carbon development of urbanization in China from the perspectives of concept, planning and management, industrial structure, technological innovation and policy system, and proposes corresponding measures and Suggestions to promote the green and low-carbon development of urbanization.

Interconnection between R&D and Industrial Production Structure: The Experience of India

Indian government initiated systematic opening up of its industrial economy in the early 1980s and this trend continued with greater pace and force in the 1990s and beyond. Theoretically, it is postulated that evolution of the innovation system and production structure co-evolve. But globalization may have either distorted this pattern due to lack of availability of access to new technologies from global market or forced the firms to increase in-house R&D investment to remain competitive. However, the caveat here is that public R&D has definitely gone down and to what extent the private sector has been able to enhance R&D investment to emerge as a leader is an issue which remains to be examined. In this context, the aim of this article is to examine the growth and change in the structure of industrial R&D in India and further ascertain the co-evolution and interconnection between industrial innovation system represented through R&D structure and industrial production structure in India. This study covers the period 1981–2010 while classifying the industries into four categories, that is, high-tech (H-T), medium high-tech (M-H-T), medium low-tech (M-L-T) and low-tech (L-T). Trend growth rates and Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficients are used to establish the relationship between structural change in industrial R&D and industrial output structure. The main findings show that the structural transformation in industrial R&D is well evident with rising importance of H-T and M-H-T group of industries in R&D whereas M-L-T and L-T industrial R&D recorded declining trends. Furthermore, this study has established an empirical relationship between structural change in industrial R&D and industrial output structure except M-L-T group of industries. An important policy implication that emerges for the sectoral innovation system is that developing countries like India should devote more efforts to strengthen the innovation system devoting higher proportion of resources for innovations.

Research on Safeguarding Mechanisms of Ocean Energy Industrial Technology Innovation System

This paper studies the safeguarding mechanisms of China's ocean energy industrial technology innovation system. It explains in graphic form the innovation diffusion mechanism, information transmission mechanism, coordination mechanism and safeguarding mechanism in the operating mechanism, and comprehensively analyzes the operating mechanism of China's ocean energy industrial technology innovation system.

Politics of innovation and development: The role of industry associations in integrating political, bureaucratic, industrial and health systems in India and South Africa

AbstractIntegrating political, bureaucratic, industrial and healthcare systems has been a major challenge for politics of innovation and development policy in low‐ and middle‐income countries. This challenge has so far been understood in terms of separate industrial and health‐related innovation policies without paying adequate attention to the institutional roles of biopharmaceutical and other umbrella associations. This article seeks to examine such roles in the developmental contexts of South Africa and India. The argument put forward is that, in both countries, biopharmaceutical and umbrella associations have evolved from lobbying organizations to institutional partners who influence the politics of innovation and development—and therefore the degree of integration and fragmentation—of political, bureaucratic, industrial innovation and health systems.