Internet Development, Level of Industrial Synergy, and Urban Innovation

Hongxia Zhang, Zixuan Sun, Ehsan Elahi and Yuge Zhang
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Hongxia Zhang: School of Economics, Shandong University of Technology (SDUT), Zibo 255022, China
Zixuan Sun: School of Economics, Shandong University of Technology (SDUT), Zibo 255022, China
Ehsan Elahi: School of Economics, Shandong University of Technology (SDUT), Zibo 255022, China
Yuge Zhang: School of Economics, Shandong University of Technology (SDUT), Zibo 255022, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 22, 1-12

Abstract: Innovation increases total factor productivity and leads to economic development. Based on panel data of 284 prefecture-level cities from 2001 to 2018, the current study uses a dynamic panel data model to empirically test the global and heterogeneous effects of internet development and industrial synergy on the level of urban innovation. Results found that the internet development significantly promoted the urban innovation level, and industrial collaboration was found to have a positive impact on the urban innovation level. Moreover, it was determined that the regulatory effect of the internet promoted industrial collaboration to improve the level of urban innovation. Variations in the impact of internet development and the industrial collaboration level on the urban innovation level were found in cities. Particularly, the impact of internet development and the industrial collaboration level on the urban innovation level in high-level cities was less significant. A positive role of the government is required to improve the level of urban innovation. Particularly, it is required to connect enterprises with universities to exchange scientific and technological knowledge, thereby improving urban innovation.

Keywords: internet; urban innovation; industrial synergy; impact analysis; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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