Regional Technical Innovation Research Articles

Examining the trade-offs in clean energy provision: Focusing on the relationship between technology transfer, renewable energy, industrial growth, and carbon footprint reduction

Sustainable energy mitigates climate change by reducing reliance on coal and oil for power generation, curbing global warming. It addresses environmental concerns and yields economic benefits—reduced fossil fuel dependence, financial inclusion, productive employment, and economic development. This research examines the impact of regional economic integration on environmental sustainability in 39 high-income European and Central Asian (ECA) nations from 2017 to 2021. Specifically, the study analyzes the influence of green energy demand, technological transfers, and trade openness on carbon emissions. The study employed various estimators, namely, a two-step Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimation, quantile regression, and the cointegration panel approach. These estimators were utilized to capture different aspects and dynamics of the research variables. The study finds that regional green programs and trade agreements effectively reduce carbon emissions, while technological advances and industrial output tend to raise them. Granger causality analyses reveal that emissions-led regional development, technical innovation, and trade openness are interconnected factors, and the deployment of renewable energy contributes to carbon emissions. The inter-temporal analysis suggests that regional economic integration factors will likely impact carbon emissions in the following decade. These findings support neoclassical growth theory, new institutional economics, and ecological modernization theory. Developing renewable energy sources in the region can minimize energy price fluctuations, strengthen energy security, and align with the carbon neutrality agenda. This research emphasizes the need for sustainable energy strategies and regional cooperation to foster a greener and more sustainable future.

Evaluating the Effect of China’s Carbon Emission Trading Policy on Energy Efficiency of the Construction Industry Based on a Difference‐in‐Differences Method

China’s construction industry makes important contributions to energy consumption and pollution emissions. It is significant to improve energy efficiency in the construction industry. Since 2011, the introduction of China’s carbon emission trading policy has had a great impact on energy conservation and emission reduction. The implementation of the carbon emission trading policy provides us with an opportunity to find solutions to improve the energy efficiency of the construction industry (EECI) in China. In this article, the implementation of carbon emission trading is regarded as a quasi‐natural experiment, and the impact of the carbon emission trading policy on the energy efficiency of the construction industry is evaluated by analyzing the panel data related to the energy of the construction industry in 30 provincial regions from 2008 to 2016 through a difference‐in‐differences method. The main conclusions are as follows. First, the carbon emission trading policy can improve EECI. Second, the carbon emission trading policy can achieve the policy effect of improving EECI by optimizing the allocation of construction machinery resources and enhancing regional technical innovation. At the same time, strengthening government environmental regulation can strengthen the policy effect as well. Finally, some policy implications based on the study are proposed.

The Impact of Financial Structure on Technical Innovation

We employed the fixed effects model to examine (1) the relationship between China’s financial structure and technical innovation and (2) the impact of China’s financial structure on heterogeneous technical innovation. This study was conducted using China’s provincial panel data from 2004 to 2016. Results show that the market-oriented financial structure had an incentive effect that led to improvement in the level of technical innovation. Furthermore, we found that financial structure had different impacts on heterogeneous technical innovation. Specifically, the market-oriented financial structure significantly enhanced the improvement in the output level of regional original technical innovation; however, it had no significant impact on imitative technical innovation. Keywords: financial structure, technical innovation, empirical research DOI: 10.7176/RJFA/11-17-01 Publication date: October 31 st 2020

The Research on Current Situation and Countermeasure of University Science Park in Gulou District of Nanjing, China

So far, the development of State University Science Park has become important force to promote regional economy development. This paper theoretically makes judgment over the effects of regional economy development of State University Science Park. Thus, taking State University Science Park of Gulou District in Nanjing as an example, the paper respectively elaborated the influence of State University Science Park on regional economic brands, services and information from the aspects of brand building, technology trade, and scientific and technical activities undertaking. In order to further improve and popularize the practices of State University Science Park of Gulou District in Nanjing, the paper proposed the corresponding policy inspiration: constantly stuck to the law of economic development and innovated the service function and approaches; made use of science and technology entering the park to organize innovation union to promote the capacity of regional scientific and technical innovation and broke the bottleneck of State University Science Park development to provide the regional economy with sustainable service.

Regional technical innovation suitability and economic growth in China

This paper aims to use quantitative method to analyse the suitability of regional technical innovation and further compare its influence to regional economic growth in China. Based on literature review, the authors develop an evaluation index system containing four aspects (namely, innovators, innovation resources, economic environment and technical environment). By using the Niche-Fitness Model, 31 Chinese provinces’ regional technical innovation suitability is assessed into a square matrix. Using the public data, the regression analysis of technical innovation suitability and economic growth of each province is carried out and correlation is found existing in regional technical innovation suitability and regional economic growth: the higher technical innovation suitability is, the bigger contribution of technical innovation to economic growth.

The Index Construction and Evaluation Modeling on the Scientific and Technological Innovation of University

The universities are the main source of national and regional scientific and technical innovation. Furthermore, universities’ scientific and technological innovation ability determines a country or regional scientific and technological developing level. How to evaluate the innovation and performance of the universities is still unsolved currently. In this paper, the indexes for evaluating the innovation capacity and performance are proposed, and a systematic analytical method is introduced. In order to test the validity, a university in Henan province of China is selected as an example to evaluate its innovation capacity. The search results indicate that the index and method mentioned in this paper is suit to the scientific research evaluation.

MATLAB-Based Statistical Studies on Regional Technological Innovation Capability

The regional technological innovation capability is an important standard to weigh the development of regional economies, and it also plays a crucial role in the growth and competition of the regional economies. As there is really quite a difference in the capacities of regional technical innovation, this paper first makes a principal component analysis (PCA) on the indexes of capacities of regional technical innovation by adopting MARLAB. Then, it clusters them based on extracted principal component scores and the results were analyzed. Through the discussion on clustering results, it could help us to improve the knowledge of regional economic unbalance and capacity of regional technical innovation

Regional Technical Innovation Suitability and Economic Growth in China

This paper aims to use quantitative method to analyse the suitability of regional technical innovation and further compare its influence to regional economic growth in China. Based on literature review, the authors develop an evaluation index system containing four aspects (namely, innovators, innovation resources, economic environment and technical environment). By using the Niche-Fitness Model, 31 Chinese provinces’ regional technical innovation suitability is assessed into a square matrix. Using the public data, the regression analysis of technical innovation suitability and economic growth of each province is carried out and correlation is found to exist between regional technical innovation suitability and regional economic growth: The higher technical innovation suitability, the bigger contribution of technical innovation to economic growth.