Internet Development Empowering Innovation Activities to Achieve Efficient and Balanced Development: Evidence From China

Jiacheng Gao
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Jiacheng Gao: Belarusian National Technical University, Belarus

International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), 2025, vol. 21, issue 1, 1-20

Abstract: Based on China's provincial panel data from 2011 to 2021, this study examines the relationship between Internet development and regional innovation efficiency. The results show that Internet development can effectively improve innovation efficiency in China, and the promoting effect in the central region & western region is obviously stronger than that in the eastern region. Internet development can accelerate the convergence of the nationwide innovation efficiency gap in China, but it will hinder the convergence of innovation efficiency in the central region & western region and expand the innovation efficiency gap among its provinces. The coupling coordination degree between Internet development and innovation efficiency in China shows a steady upward trend, but there are obvious regional differences. During this period, the average coupling level in the eastern region has reached 7, which is in the primary coordination stage, while that in the central region & western region is only 5, which is on the verge of imbalance.

Date: 2025
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