Technological Innovation Activities Research Articles

Paths and Countermeasures of Information Technology in Underdeveloped Areas to Improve Technological Innovation Efficiency of Enterprises

In the context of the information economy era, China’s economy has entered a new normal. Underdeveloped regions are facing industrial undertakings and industrial upgrading. Enterprise innovation capabilities are the key factors for industrial upgrading. In view of this, this article first have analyzed the problem of information technology to improve the efficiency of technological innovation in underdeveloped areas, used Eviews8.0 to empirically analyze the influencing factors of information technology to improve the efficiency of technological innovation in enterprises, and finally used Deap2.1 software to analyze the information technology improve the efficiency of technological innovation in enterprises. The two empirical results unanimously show that in China’s underdeveloped regions, information technology has not been closely integrated with local human capital, and information technology has generally been inefficient or inefficient in improving enterprise innovation efficiency. It is necessary to strengthen the construction of information technology infrastructure in underdeveloped regions, andmake some measures to improve local information technology level and communication capacity. Strengthening education investment and training is to enhance the level of human capital accumulation, and with policy guidance to enable the majority of workers to use information technology, it can improve work skills and actively engage in technological innovation activities.

Assessing the technological innovation efficiency of China's high-tech industries with a two-stage network DEA approach

As significant strategic players in China's economy, high-tech industries need to evaluate and analyze the technological innovation activities from a system point of view to understand and improve their technological innovation efficiency and, thereby, promote their development. Different high-tech industries have different characteristics and thus benefit from different industrial development policies. However, few studies to date have discussed this issue from a systematic perspective. In this study, technological innovation activities are divided into a research and development (R&D) stage and a commercialization stage. A high-tech industrial evaluation framework of technological innovation efficiency based on two-stage network data envelopment analysis (DEA) is constructed with shared inputs, additional intermediate inputs, and free intermediate outputs. Our empirical results indicate that the overall efficiency of most industries is relatively low and the differences between the five high-tech industries (i.e., sub-sectors) we examined are large. The Spearman correlation shows that overall efficiency and R&D efficiency are more correlated than overall efficiency and commercialization efficiency. Additionally, R&D has better average efficiency. The sub-sector with the highest average efficiency is computers and office equipment, and the one with the lowest average efficiency is medicines. These findings indicate the inadequacy but potential for breakthroughs in the evolution of high-tech industries in China. The analysis proves that it is necessary to create different industrial policies to encourage effective progress in certain high-tech industries, and some guidelines for doing so are provided.

Analysis of the Effect of R&D Planning Support for SMEs Using Latent Growth Modeling

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Korea play a pivotal role in the national economy. However, due to scale limitations, the resources available to SMEs for innovation activities are limited. Therefore, as a means to compensate for the market failure of SMEs, which can be caused by resource limitations, and to ensure sustainable growth, the government supports the SMEs for innovation activities. Korea has fulfilled SME R&D planning support projects since 2002 to efficiently support SMEs’ technology commercialization activities through systematic support in the early stages of the technology commercialization cycle. In order to analyze the effectiveness of SME R&D planning support program, this study conducted latent growth modeling analysis using financial data of three years of SMEs participating in the program. According to the analysis results, SMEs receiving R&D planning support funds have an increase in sales compared to those that do not. In particular, it was analyzed that the sales increase effect of companies supported by R&D funds continuously appeared more clearly. The result of this analysis is that policy support for SMEs can help technological innovation activities necessary for R&D planning, which is an early stage of SME technological innovation. This study is meaningful in that it quantitatively analyzes using latent growth model and the contribution of government support at the R&D planning stage to SMEs’ innovation capabilities and their contribution to performance. However, it has a limitation that it does not address the specific impact path of the planning stage support on innovation capacity and innovation performance.

Research and Practice of Ideological and Political Education Reform of "Computer Organization Principle"

The ideological and political course has important theoretical value and practical significance in education and teaching. Starting from the course of computer composition principle, this paper expounds the necessity of carrying out ideological and political education in the course of computer composition principle. In the implementation of Ideological and political teaching, it combines the characteristics of the course and integrates cases related to professional content to carry out teaching, such as the new generation processor Loongson 3a4000/3b4000 In addition, students' entrepreneurial thinking and team consciousness are cultivated through scientific and technological innovation activities competition, and students' sense of mission and national centripetal cohesion are cultivated by conquering National Science and technology major projects such as high-end general chips. On the exploration of Ideological and political teaching methods, information technology is combined It integrates micro class, MOOC and other teaching forms to carry out diversified ideological and political education penetration through classroom introduction, teacher-student interaction, student summary, innovation and entrepreneurship projects; in terms of assessment and evaluation, it examines the achievements of Ideological and political education from the aspects of subject performance, homework and innovation and entrepreneurship participation. Finally, some suggestions are given to improve the current ideological and political teaching of computer composition principle.

How Environmental Regulations Affect the Efficiency of Green Technology Innovation?

Green technology innovation is an effective driving force to achieve the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure. Environmental regulations principally behave in guiding green technology innovation activities. Based on the Super-Sbm-Dea efficiency model with undesirable output, this paper estimates the provincial-level efficiency of green industrial technology innovation (Gtie) in China from the aspects of technology development, technology transformation and industrial innovation value chain (IVC) from 2005 to 2015, and analyzes its dynamic trend with kernel density function. The conclusions are as follows: 1) Gtie is low and on the rise generally, and tends to decrease in the stages of technology development, achievement transformation and industrialization; in the stage of technology development, the gap between the eastern region and other regions of China tends to increase, while Gtie is on the contrary in the other stages. 2) Gtie spatial spillover is obvious. In the traditional panel model, the effects of command and public environmental regulations are obvious, while the roles of FDI and market regulations are opposite, and the impact of openness and economic development level is not significant. 3) Based on the analysis of Durbin model, market, public regulations and openness improve the efficiency directly. However, economic development level shows significant inhibition effect, while the role of the command regulations and FDI are not significant.

Identification of the Conditions to Establish the Venture Capital Fund for Technology Innovation Activities in Vietnam

The lack of capital for technology innovation has always been a dilemma for businesses because of the need for large capital for risky technology innovation activities. Venture investment is one of the solutions for the challenge of capital issue. It is considered as a “gamble” to gain or loss with full of risk. In Vietnam, despite being studied since the 90s of the last century, the issue of establishing venture capital fund and venture investment is still a topical topic. This paper highlighted the roles of venture capital fund for technology innovation activities as well as the necessary and sufficient conditions to establish these venture capital funds in Vietnam such as a perfect market economy, willing venture investors, and available institution of the stock market, etc. From that, the paper identified the insufficient elements for the establishment of venture capital fund in Vietnam.

How will the Chinese national carbon emissions trading scheme work? The assessment of regional potential gains

The implementation of a national emissions trading scheme (ETS) in China is likely to have an important effect on potential regional gains. This study proposes a unified analytical framework for anticipating such gains in 2020 and estimates the key factors involved using data envelopment analysis based models. The results indicate that: (1) when the value of the marginal abatement cost is higher than the carbon price, no regions will have an incentive to reduce emissions by technological improvements. The only source of direct potential gains is from the amounts of carbon quota. (2) As carbon price increases from CNY 10 to 4000 per ton, the indirect potential gains will increase because the strategies for carbon reduction are technological innovation or limit economic activities. However, Jiangsu and Shanghai will suffer potential losses even though the price is high because they have no more carbon reduction potential. (3) Most central provinces will have potential gains when the carbon price is lower in ETS, while regions rich in fossil energy sources will suffer potential losses. However, a middle-price interval of CNY 1000–2000/ton is more rational, because it helps motivate market transactions and benefits low-carbon technological innovations.

Understanding energy efficiency and its drivers: An empirical analysis of China’s 14 coal intensive industries

Different industries use energy with different levels of efficiency, even within the same industry. The biggest contributes of this study to the prior literature is that measured the energy efficiency by using coal consumption instead of energy consumption and explore the driving factors behind the variations in efficiency of different coal-intensive industries. The study selected 14 major Chinese coal-intensive industries and applied the super-efficiency model of data envelopment analysis to measure the total-factor energy efficiency of coal consumption (TFEEC) from 2006 to 2015. And the study used the Malmquist index to decompose the TFEEC and to analysis the variation situations of the TFEEC. The main results are as follows. (1) The TFEEC overall showed a trend of growth from 2006 to 2015, which showed that the energy saving and emission reduction policies should be further implemented, especially in developing innovative ways and policies to manage waste emissions. (2) In general, the factors causing the change of the TFEEC were mainly from technological progress, the government should encourage the enterprises to carry out energy technology innovation activities from both the energy-demand side and the supply side. However, the efficiency of different industries had different driving factor, the government should adopt different policies and measures to improve the TFEEC for different industries. (3) Half of the coal-intensive industries were still failing to efficiently utilize all of their resources, which showed that China still has large space to improve the TFEEC for different coal-intensive industries.

Overview of Technological Capacity of Vietnamese Enterprises in the Context of the 4th Industrial Revolution

The article provides a comprehensive view of assessing technological capacity of enterprises in the context of the 4th industrial revolution, through evaluating the following criteria: capacity of technology exploitation–use–operation; capacity of technology innovation and upgrade, and capacity of new technology research and development. Limited resources have a direct impact on the capacity of technology exploitation–operation. The enterprises themselves still faces many difficulties, so the technology innovation and upgrade activities are still left open. Besides, the level of capacity of new technology research and development shows that Vietnamese enterprises have not yet achieved many achievements despite the attention, investment and support policies from the Government.

Industrial Revolutions and its effects on quality of life

Purpose- This paper intends to put forward the historical perspectives of industrial revolutions and analyze the effcets of revolutions on the quality of life. Methodology- This research uses a review and analysis approach for the historical evolment of industrial revolutions in general. Findings- All industrial revolutions strongly affected the quality of life of people. However, the industry 4.0 has completely changed the way of living for every single paty, e.g. businesses, governmets, people. Conclusion- The new definition of internet-of-things looks to rule the new order of competetiveness in the World. The jobs have been recenly created we never imagined ten years ago. Most jobs have started to disappear we never thought about. Technological innovation and advancement activities have a significant impact on international competitiveness.

Can Technological Innovation Improve the Survival of Start-ups? A Study of Theory and Experience

Technological innovation is the source of power to enhance the core competitiveness and improve the survival and development of enterprises. In recent years, our government has encouraged enterprises to innovate and start businesses, vigorously advocating mass entrepreneurship and innovation”, and the vigor of innovation and entrepreneurship has burst out. A large number of high-tech enterprises have risen rapidly. To some extent, technological innovation has become a common choice for enterprises to survive and develop. However, while technological innovation enhances the competitiveness of enterprises, it also makes enterprises face the risk of market withdrawal. According to the statistics of the database of all state-owned enterprises and above-scale non-state-owned industrial enterprises of the National Bureau of Statistics, the average survival time of Chinese manufacturing enterprises was about 6.64 years from 1998 to 2011, with an average annual exit rate of 17%, and the average survival time of enterprises with scientific and technological innovation activities was about 6.82 years, of which nearly 50% of innovative enterprises were before entering the market. Within six years, less than 10% of innovative enterprises have survived for 10 years. The high market exit rate is a prominent problem faced by Chinese enterprises in the period of transition, and technological innovation affects the survival of enterprises through various channels. Therefore, it is an important research topic to reveal the mechanism of technological innovation affecting the survival of manufacturing enterprises and provide empirical evidence with Chinese characteristics.Based on the construction of a Schumpeterian competition and innovation theory model, this article incorporates the scale effect of R&D investment and market concentration into the analytical framework, selecting the Weibull survival risk model to empirically test the impact of technological innovation on the survival of start-ups by using the data of all state-owned enterprises and above-scale non-state-owned industrial enterprises of the National Bureau of Statistics. We find that there is an inverted U-shaped relationship of diminishing scale effects between R&D intensity and enterprise survival. Moreover, the impact of R&D intensity and market concentration on the survival of enterprises is complementary. Given the intensity of R&D, the survival time of enterprises is longer if it is in a more concentrated industry. Finally, the relationship between technological innovation and enterprise survival is also affected by the technical level of the industry and the ownership structure of enterprises. The survival risk rate of enterprises in the high-tech industry is lower, and the level of R&D of state-owned enterprises is higher, but the survival risk rate is higher than that of non-state-owned enterprises. These findings enrich the research on the relationship between technological innovation and enterprise survival, deepen our understanding of the impact of technological innovation on the survival of enterprises, and have theoretical and empirical implications for government policies.

DEBT FINANCING AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA

The availabilities of debt for Chinese firms have been increased since 2008 due to the expansionary monetary policies. These policies triggered concerns over the impact of debt financing on firms’ technological innovation activities. Based on a sample of 225 listed computer and telecommunications equipment firms in China within 2008-2015, this study explored the effect of debt financing on two types of technological innovation, namely radical and incremental innovation. Specifically, both the direct effect of debt financing on technological innovation and its moderating effect on the relationship between R&D intensity and technological innovation were investigated. Results of this study reveal that radical innovation decreases with debt financing at decreasing rates, while incremental innovation is not affected by debt financing itself. In addition, debt financing interacted with R&D intensity exerts positive effect on both radical and incremental innovation. This study adds meaningful insights to the literature on financing technological innovation and builds a bridge connecting macroeconomic policies to firm activities.

A Transdisciplinary Approach of Crisisonomy for Implementing SDGs in Global Society - Using the Core System Model and Disaster Resilience Concept -

The purpose of this study is to suggest a framework to implement SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) by utilizing the transdisciplinary “crisisonomy” approach with the core system model and the concept of disaster resilience. The transdisciplinary “crisisonomy” consists of social activities which find and apply the solutions to social problems, science and technology innovation activities, and technology knowledge to solve problems. The core system model needs to be prepared through a transdisciplinary approach as follows. First, we must set a common goal as the value that society members agree on. Second, we need to provide implementing organizations with laws and guidelines to achieve the values expressed in vision, strategy and action plan. Third, leadership has to ensure that the efforts to implement the SDGs should be effective. Fourth, the successful implementation of the SDGs requires the devotion of ordinary citizens, practitioners, experts and leaders. Finally, we need the expertise in creating new knowledge for SDGs as well as the expertise in the cooperation of citizens and experts.

Effects of Environmental Regulations on Technological Innovation Efficiency in China’s Industrial Enterprises: A Spatial Analysis

China’s traditional industrial model is characterized by high energy consumption and high pollution, which results in many environmental problems that cannot be ignored. To achieve sustainable development, the Chinese government has proposed five development concepts of “innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing”. This initiative highlights the urgency of China’s efforts to strengthen environmental regulation. Based on the panel data of industrial enterprises in China from 2006 to 2015, this study not only investigates the spatial features of technological innovation efficiency, but also examines the relationship between technology innovation efficiency and environmental regulations from a spatial perspective. The results indicate that first, China’s provincial-level technological innovation efficiencies are uneven in space. Second, voluntary regulation positively affects the technological innovation efficiency of industrial enterprises at the provincial level, while mandatory regulation has no significant impact. Third, there is a spatial spillover effect in voluntary regulation at the provincial level. One highlight implication is that the government should promulgate environmental regulations based on each province’s technological innovation potential, due to the spatial differences in technological innovation activities.

Innovation strategies and complementarity between innovation activities: the case of commercial archaeological firms

As a key part of their professionalization process, creative industries (CIs) including private or contract archaeological firms (AFs) increasingly rely on bundles of technological (product/service and process) and non-technological (organizational) innovation activities. Adopting a complementarity perspective, the study clarifies how technological and non-technological innovation initiatives are combined in an intertwined way. Drawing on a sample of 217 AFs, this study examines and uncovers synergies between innovation strategy and innovation practices and the further effects on innovation performance in AFs. Specifically, results show that successful AFs combine multidimensional service, process, and organizational innovations to generate higher innovation performance.

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ENVIRONMENTAL TAX ON DIRECTED TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN A GREEN GROWTH MODEL

To ensure that green growth are achieved and socially optimal, we develops an endogenous growth model featuring a directed technological innovation, environmental taxation and economic activity. Our model investigates the inner dynamic interactions of green growth. Then, a numerical analysis is presented to trace how the green growth will be achieved by the four parameters: the size of tax distortions, the rate of capital tax, the elasticity of pollution conversion and the cost of carbon abatement technological innovation. It is found that a tax distortion for lump-sum transfer payments can explore the double dividend. The benefits arising from the income tax become larger the more stringent capital tax and environmental tax.

Ramifications of the 2nd law of thermodynamics on innovation and sustainable future

The 2nd law of thermodynamics deals with the non-conserved quantities of entropy and exergy, and is associated with non-conserved entities like quality. The 2nd-law efficiency defines perfection. A process with a 2nd-law efficiency of 100% is thermodynamically perfect. As such, it involves no entropy generation, no exergy destruction and thus no waste of resources. Therefore, the 2nd law of thermodynamics is closely related to the concepts of sustainability, green practices, effectiveness, efficiency and performance. In this paper, energy conservation, renewable energy and sustainability are examined from the 2nd-law point of view. Then the 2nd-law concepts are applied to technology development and innovation activities to assess their efficiency and effectiveness and thus the best utilisation of resources.

Ramifications of the 2nd law of thermodynamics on innovation and sustainable future

The 2nd law of thermodynamics deals with the non-conserved quantities of entropy and exergy, and is associated with non-conserved entities like quality. The 2nd-law efficiency defines perfection. A process with a 2nd-law efficiency of 100% is thermodynamically perfect. As such, it involves no entropy generation, no exergy destruction and thus no waste of resources. Therefore, the 2nd law of thermodynamics is closely related to the concepts of sustainability, green practices, effectiveness, efficiency and performance. In this paper, energy conservation, renewable energy and sustainability are examined from the 2nd-law point of view. Then the 2nd-law concepts are applied to technology development and innovation activities to assess their efficiency and effectiveness and thus the best utilisation of resources.

Perfil emprendedor en estudiantes: divergencias entre dos universidades colombianas

Globally, innovation has been considered a tool to improve the productivity of regions and reduce existing technology gaps. The objective of this study is to analyze the results of innovation achieved in 51 technological projects, carried out in different geographical areas of Colombia. The study uses the statistical procedure known as Main Components, to build an indicator composed of innovation and technology, from 48 simple variables that come from surveys and in-depth interviews conducted by the National Planning Directorate of the Colombian government in 2018 The data is contrasted with the theory and the results are analyzed according to the regional area to which they belong. The study concludes that concrete technological innovation activities should be financed and not mixed with the activities of the generation of scientific knowledge, so that the use of public resources is more effective and thus contribute to improving their innovation results, reducing technological gaps existing between lagging areas.