UNDERSTANDING THE REGIONAL INNOVATION CAPACITY IN CHINA AFTER ECONOMIC REFORMS

Ying Zhou (), Sukanlaya Sawang () and Xiaohua Yang ()
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Ying Zhou: School of Business Administration, Nanjing Audit University, Jiangsu, China
Sukanlaya Sawang: QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Xiaohua Yang: School of Management, University of San Francisco, California, USA

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2016, vol. 20, issue 06, 1-36

Abstract: Our study aims to examine the drivers of China’s regional innovation capacity (RIC). Drawing from innovation system literatures, our study proposes that RIC can be determined by (a) innovation actors (higher education institutions, enterprises, and public research institutes); (b) innovation inputs (financial capital and human resource), and (c) international interactions. The main finding was the significant impact of higher education institutions demonstrating higher education institutions are crucial innovation actors. The interaction effect also found between foreign direct investment (FDI) and Science and Technology (S&T) investment suggests governments should pay more attention to the indirect impact of drivers in building RIC in China.

Keywords: Regional innovation; innovation system; China; foreign direct investment; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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