Regional Innovation Capability Research Articles

Research on the impact of geographic distance on corporate technology for social good: From the perspective of institutional environment and regional innovation capability

Corporate technology for social good is an important philosophy and action for enterprises to incorporate social issues and social needs into their core business activities, provide goodwill products/services based on technology innovation, and promote the integrated development of social and commercial values, which has become a heated topic in academia. Moreover, a better understanding of the relationship between corporate technology for social good and its predictors has significant implications for enterprise managers. The aim of this study is to explore the causal link between geographic distance and corporate technology for social good, and to investigate the moderating roles of institutional environment and regional innovation capability. Using available data for A-share listed companies in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets of China between 2015 and 2020, this study adopts Ordinary Least Squares regression to empirically test the effect of geographic distance on corporate technology for social good, including the moderating roles of institutional environment and regional innovation capability in the geographic distance-corporate technology for social good link. The results show that geographic distance has a significant negative impact on corporate technology for social good. In other words, the shorter the geographic distance between enterprises and central cities, the better is the performance of corporate technology for social good. Besides, institutional environment and regional innovation capability can moderate the negative impact of geographic distance on corporate technology for social good. These obtained findings promote the extension of mature theoretical achievements such as stakeholder theory and institutional theory to the research field of corporate technology for social good, and expand the boundaries of existing theoretical applications. The results of the study also open the “black box” of the relationship between geographic distance and corporate technology for social good, which offer insights into geographic location and institutional factors influencing corporate technology for social good engagement. Moreover, the study is a useful supplement to the existing exploration of the drivers of corporate technology for social good from theoretical perspectives, and provides practical references for enterprises to actively participate in corporate technology for social good and the government to strengthen ethical governance of science and technology in the process of achieving sustainable development.

Land financialization and regional innovation dynamics: Evidence from China

Land finance for economic development is common in developing countries, but little is known about how land financialization affects regional innovation capacity. This study explores the complex relationship between land financialization and regional innovation capabilities in China from 2005 to 2021, using panel data from 31 provincial units. Our research reveals a non-linear relationship between land financialization and innovation, with initial facilitating effects followed by diminishing returns. Two key mechanisms emerge: land financialization hampers firms' R&D investment, thereby hampering innovation, while its over-reliance distorts market factors, negatively affecting innovation capacity.

Evaluating economic efficiency of the national high-tech industrial development districts in the Yangtze River Delta by stochastic frontier analysis

The High-tech Industrial Development Districts (HIDDs) are technological engines for the regional economy in China. The Chinese government implemented the Torch Initiative to accelerate industrial agglomeration and innovation development by administratively upgrading the local HIDDs into a national list since 1989. The policy intervention emphasizes the labor and capital inputs on science and technology. The study adopts the Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) to understand the economic efficiency of the enlisted national HIDDs in the Yangtze River Delta. The results suggest that the average efficiency trends of the all-in-total sales, product sales and commodity sales are decreasing while that of technology sales is increasing from 2007 to 2019. In the total sales efficiency evaluation, most early-enrolled HIDDs are in the high-efficiency group whereas the newcomers are in the low-efficiency group. The Nantong HIDD has the highest efficiency, followed by Wuxi, Taizhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai ZJ, Xiaoshan, Ningbo, Suzhou IP and Jiangyin HIDDs. Huainan, Huaian, Tongling, Shanghai ZZ, Lianyungang and Suqian HIDDs rank very low in the total sales evaluation. Besides, Hangzhou, Nantong and Ningbo HIDDs rank first in the technology, product and commodity sales efficiency evaluation correspondingly. In addition, the increase of S&T labor inputs would decrease the efficiency of the product, commodity and total sales while the increase of the S&T capital inputs is as expected a facilitator to the efficiency of product, commodity and total sales. This study contributes to the discussion on the role of political intervention in technological innovation by breaking down the economic efficiency into three major parts, the efficiency of technology, product and commodity sales. The findings could help policymakers strike a balance between the human and capital inputs in regional innovation capability.

How Does the Urban Living Environment Affect Regional Innovation Capabilities? Empirical Evidence from Chinese Cities

How Does the Urban Living Environment Affect Regional Innovation Capabilities? Empirical Evidence from Chinese Cities

The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Innovation Capability

Based on China's inter provincial panel data from 2011 to 2019, this paper constructs a measurement index of the level of digital economy, and uses a fixed effect model to make a regression estimation of the impact of digital economy on regional innovation. Research shows that the development of digital economy has significantly promoted the improvement of regional innovation ability. Through the comparison of different groups of regression analysis, it is found that the impact of the development of digital economy on China's invention and innovation is less than that of utility model innovation, which shows that China's innovation still needs to pay attention not only to high-quality development, but also to promote high-quality development. Grasp the role of digital economy as a catalyst for innovative development, comprehensively promote the integration of digital economy and industrial transformation in various regions, narrow the differences in regional development levels, and accelerate the construction of an innovative country.

The innovation-driven industrial agglomeration for the integrated market of China

From the perspective of investment-driven to innovation-driven for high-quality development, this study discussed an influence mechanism of investment structure optimization on the industrial agglomeration degree and its growth path of balanced regional economics. We put forward assumptions about their relationship with a mediator of the regional innovation capability and a moderator of the market-oriented business environment to solve problems of the regional economic gap to accelerate the construction of a unified national market in China. We used the regional industrial data of 31 provinces in China from 2004 to 2017 to verify these hypotheses. Finally, we found that regional innovation capability completely moderates the relationship between investment structure optimization and industrial agglomeration degree, and the market-oriented business environment adequately moderates the relationship. This result shows that regional innovation capability and market-oriented business environment restrict industrial agglomeration degrees and accelerate the integration of diversified capital. So, improving the investment of human capital and R&D capital is the key to solving the regional economic gap. It has enriched the research of high-quality development and provided necessary enlightenment for the practical application of regional industrial economic growth.

The Impact of Inclusive Finance on Regional Innovation Capability: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Pearl River-West River Economic Belt

The Impact of Inclusive Finance on Regional Innovation Capability: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Pearl River-West River Economic Belt

Research on the Impact of Internet Industry Agglomeration on Regional Innovation Capability: A Perspective from the Chinese Academic Community

Research on the Impact of Internet Industry Agglomeration on Regional Innovation Capability: A Perspective from the Chinese Academic Community

Enterprise Industrial Structure Transformation and Upgrading and Regional Innovation Capability Enhancement Strategies - An Empirical Analysis Based on VAR Models

Abstract The transformation and upgrading of enterprise industrial structure and regional innovation ability are the concerns of social development in recent years. This paper introduces the global entropy method and VAR model to construct the indicators of enterprises’ industrial structure transformation and upgrading and regional innovation ability with the enterprises in X place as samples. The development level is measured through weight calculation and comprehensive evaluation, and after the smoothness test, the impulse response function and variance decomposition are applied to study the dynamic relationship between the two variables, to research the transformation and upgrading of enterprise industrial structure and the enhancement of regional innovation capacity. The study shows that the level of industrial structure transformation and upgrading of enterprises in the cities of X place has increased steadily from 2016 to 2020 as a whole, but only the level of the eastern cities is all over 0.3, which still needs to be further improved. Through the variance decomposition, the variance contribution rate of changes in regional innovation capacity to changes in the transformation and upgrading of enterprise industrial structure increases from 13% to 26.16%, and the variance contribution rate of changes in the transformation and upgrading of enterprise industrial structure to changes in regional innovation capacity decreases from 99.14% to 74.42%. The level of transformation and upgrading of the enterprise industrial structure can be improved to continuously promote the enhancement of regional innovation capacity and further promote the construction and development of the city.

KENDALA PENGEMBANGAN INOVASI PADA PEMERINTAH DAERAH KABUPATEN CILACAP

In an effort to encourage good governance, strong commitment and consistency are needed in efforts to improve sustainable development. In the context of decentralization and regional autonomy, the ability to develop innovation is needed in various aspects, especially public services, development, empowerment and improving community welfare at the regional level. One of the important steps that regional governments need to take at this time is to accelerate regional development through the implementation of regional innovation. Strengthening Regional Innovation is the main strategy within the National Innovation System framework, which facilitates integration between elements of strengthening the innovation system at the macro level and industrial sectors in the local context. The development of this innovation system is in line with the national agenda, through innovation that is directed with the right strategy and strong commitment. However, efforts to develop innovation in government organizations still face obstacles. Therefore, this research aims to identify potential obstacles that the Cilacap Regency Regional Government may face in its efforts to develop innovation. Through this research, it is hoped that it can help identifying effective solutions to increase regional government innovation capabilities, improve services to the community, and support regional economic growth. This research was carried out in Cilacap Regency with the Cilacap Regency Government as the research subject. This research uses a quantitative approach with data collected through survey techniques. The research results show that the potential for innovation and innovation policies already exists, as well as encouragement to motivate, but the formation of optimal Work Teams and improving the innovation ecosystem which has not yet reached the optimal level are the main obstacles.

The Impact of OFDI Reverse Technology Spillover on Regional Innovation Capabilities——A Spatial Analysis Based on Provincial Panel Data

This paper analyzes the impact of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) reverse technology spillover on regional innovation capabilities in China. The study utilizes provincial panel data from 2004–2020 and employs the spatial Dubin model to analyze and test the spatial spillover effects of OFDI reverse technology spillover, while also decomposing the direct and indirect effects. The findings reveal that regional innovation capacity itself has a spatial spillover effect, and reverse technology spillover has a positive direct and spatial effect on the region's innovation capability. Based on these results, the paper offers recommendations for China's future development of regional innovation capability and foreign investment.

Research on the Impact of Enterprise Innovation and Government Organization Innovation on Regional Collaborative Innovation

Improving the regional innovation system and developing new organizational innovations to continuously enhance regional innovation capabilities are key measures for building a regional innovation hub and achieving high-quality economic development. This study first theoretically elucidates the impact mechanism of enterprise innovation agglomeration and government policy uncertainty on regional innovation capability, and thus clarifies such impact on regional organizational innovation. Based on urban panel data, this article empirically analyzes their impact on regional innovation. Based on the research results, the agglomeration of manufacturing industry in cities can significantly improve regional innovation capabilities. The policy uncertainty brought about by the mobility of municipal party secretaries has a restraining effect on the enhancement of regional innovation capabilities. The higher the degree of marketization in a city, the more significant the role of manufacturing agglomeration in enhancing regional innovation capabilities, thereby weakening the inhibitory effect of policies.

Data-Driven Evaluation of Regional Innovation Capability

Regional innovation capability is considered an important driving force for the sustainable and high-quality development of regional economy. Therefore, data-driven evaluation method of regional innovation capability is proposed. First, the article collects regional innovation development statistics; second, min-max standardization method is used for dimensionless data processing, and anti-entropy method is used to calculate index weight; third, a composite system synergy degree model for objective and quantitative evaluation is built; finally, using Anhui Province as an example, the feasibility of the method was verified . The results indicate that the order and synergy degree of the innovation input and innovation output subsystems of Anhui Province have shown an upward trend from 2010 to 2019. However, innovation output has not been synchronized with innovation input. Therefore, suggestions for improving Anhui's regional innovation capability are proposed. This study provides theoretical and methodological support for evaluating and optimizing regional innovation capability.

Data-Driven Evaluation and Recommendations for Regional Synergy Innovation Capability

Regional synergy innovation capability is an important driving force in promoting the sustainable and high-quality development of the regional economy. Taking the regional innovation development panel data of the Yangtze River Delta integration region from 2010 to 2019 as a sample, this study constructs an evaluation index system of regional synergy innovation capability, weights the index using the entropy weight method, and measures the capability of the Yangtze River Delta integration region (three provinces and one city) using the composite system synergy degree model. The empirical results show that the synergy of regional synergy innovation in the Yangtze River Delta integration has increased steadily, but there is still much room for improvement. Anhui has great potential for synergy innovation with Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai. Therefore, this study proposes countermeasures and suggestions for the high-quality development of Anhui’s synergy innovation capability under the integration of the Yangtze River Delta. This study provides theoretical and methodological support for enhancing regional synergy innovation capability and provides decision support for the sustainable and high-quality development of the regional economy.

The impact of digital economy on regional technological innovation capability: An analysis based on China's provincial panel data.

The development of the digital economy in China facilitates the transformation of old and new growth drivers. It can greatly promote the upgrading of technological innovation capacity, realize economies of scale and scope, and constantly promote the generation of new industries and new forms of business with the deep integration of digital economy and traditional industries, thereby promoting the high-quality development of China's economy. This paper uses inter-provincial panel data from 2013 to 2020 and a dynamic spatial Durbin model to quantify the impact of the digital economy on regional technological innovation capability (RTIC). The results show that: (1) the digital economy has positive spatial spillover effect and can boost the province's and neighboring provinces' regional technological innovation capability; (2) regional technological innovation capability has obvious spatial and temporal aggregation effects; (3) the impact of the digital economy on RTIC is mainly short-term effects, and there is regional heterogeneity, with the western region experiencing the highest effects and the eastern region experiencing less. Therefore, it is urgent to accelerate the development speed of the digital economy, grasp the law of dynamic economic development, identify the regional heterogeneity of the digital economy development, and deepen inter-regional digital technology cooperation to comprehensively drive the improvement of regional technological innovation capability.

The Impact of the Platform Economy on Urban–Rural Integration Development: Evidence from China

As a new economic system composed of data-driven, platform-supported, and network-coordinated economic activity units, the platform economy provides a new impetus for the integrated development of urban and rural areas. This paper uses China’s provincial panel data from 2011–2021 to measure the development level of the platform economy and the urban–rural integration development index using the entropy weight method and empirically tests the direct and indirect effects of the platform economy on urban–rural integration development. The research finds that (1) the platform economy has a significant role in promoting the development of urban–rural integration. After introducing a series of robustness tests such as instrumental variables estimation, the results are still significant. (2) Regional innovation capability is an important transmission mechanism for the platform economy to enable urban–rural integrated development. The platform economy can indirectly promote urban–rural integrated development by improving regional innovation capability. (3) There is a significant mesomeric effect between the traditional factors of production and the platform economy and the mesomeric effect of capital, technology, land, and labor factors increased in turn. (4) The digital twin platform is a kind of digital land generated in the platform economy and has become an important place and value source for products in the digital era.

Effects of digital economy on social entrepreneurship: Evidence from China

AbstractSocial entrepreneurship provides novel entrepreneurial solutions for complex social and environmental problems. Research on the antecedents of social entrepreneurship has emphasized the importance of sociocultural and economic factors; however, little is known about the influence of the digital economy in this context. Integrating the digital economy studies and social entrepreneurship studies for the first time, we propose that the development of the digital economy contributes to the growth of regional social enterprises. We further predict that the effect of the digital economy on social entrepreneurship is mediated by the improvement of regional government activism and regional innovation capability. This study contributes to the literature about the antecedents of social entrepreneurship and effect of the digital economy. This study also provides some practical recommendations for promoting digital technology for the good and stimulating social entrepreneurship with the power of the digital economy.

A perspective of government investment and enterprise innovation: Marketization of business environment

Entrepreneurship has become an essential for countries to promote the marketization of the business environment and accelerate economic growth in the post-epidemic era. Based on the investigation of 31 provincial-level panel data in China, this paper concludes that entrepreneurship plays a significant role in promoting the marketization of the business environment. Further research found that the level of government research and development (R&D) funding and regional innovation capabilities are intermediary variables that affect the marketization of the business environment and have a threshold effect. When the government R&D funding crosses the second threshold, every 1% increase in regional innovation capabilities decreases the degree of marketization by 0.197%. Therefore, it is crucial to rapidly streamline the administration process and delegation of power, optimize the government’s administrative efficiency, and give full play to the entrepreneurial spirit to promote the economy’s sustainable development.

Research on Ambidextrous Innovation and Regional Innovation Capability in Innovation Ecosystem from Institutional Perspective

According to the organizational ambidexterity theory, the mechanism of ambidextrous innovation on regional innovation capability in the innovation ecosystem is explored, institutional environment is introduced as a moderating variable, corresponding theoretical models are constructed, and empirical research is carried out by application of a two-way fixed effects model based on the panel data of 31 provinces in China from 2009 to 2018. The results show that there is a u-shaped relationship between exploratory innovation and regional innovation capability in innovation ecosystem, and exploitative innovation in innovation ecosystem has a significant positive impact on regional innovation capability. The complementarity of exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation in innovation ecosystem positively affects regional innovation capability. Furthermore, institutional environment strengthens the positive correlation between exploitative innovation and regional innovation capability. On the basis of the above conclusion, it is proposed that each innovation population should strengthen the exchange and sharing of technology and knowledge, carry out independent collaborative ambidextrous innovation, and the government should play a governance role in the innovation environment in order to promote the improvement of regional innovation capability.

The mechanisms underlying the emergence of innovation ecosystems: the case of the AI ecosystem in Montreal

ABSTRACT Scholars have increasingly been using ecosystem as a concept within and beyond social science, but less is known about how ecosystems emerge. In this study, we investigate the context of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) ecosystem in Montreal to understand the mechanisms underlying the emergence of innovation ecosystems. Building on the work of Ostrom and the literature on innovation commons and conducting content analysis and network analyses, we find empirical evidence for a bottom-up approach in the emergence of the AI ecosystem in Montreal. We find that the main mechanism underlying the emergence of innovation ecosystems in Montreal is the articulation of a series of innovation commons by commoners. Our findings have implications for understanding the importance of emerging technologies and the digitalization of industries and for identifying regional innovation capabilities.