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Evaluation of government‐supported provincial innovation competitiveness—Evidence from China
Author(s) -
Wang Peng,
Lin Xiaoyan,
Li Shuoshuo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
growth and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.657
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1468-2257
pISSN - 0017-4815
DOI - 10.1111/grow.12293
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , government (linguistics) , china , analytic hierarchy process , business , cluster analysis , data envelopment analysis , cluster (spacecraft) , industrial organization , hierarchy , economic geography , economic system , regional science , economics , political science , geography , market economy , computer science , ecology , mathematical optimization , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics , mathematical economics , machine learning , law , biology , programming language
Government support plays a crucial role in enhancing regional innovation capabilities and creating distinctive innovation clusters. Using the innovation competitiveness indicators of the 31 provinces in China, this paper examines the provincial government collaboration and innovation competitiveness values through Super‐SBM data envelopment analysis and analytic hierarchy process. Then, the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is employed to relate government collaboration to innovation competition and cooperation among provinces in hope of exploring the developmental trends of innovation cluster optimization. Research findings show that only 25.8% of the provincial government support proves effective for regional innovation, and the competitiveness values of the provinces are generally low and need to be improved. By incorporating the role of government support into the innovation competition and cooperation among provinces, there has been a tendency of innovation activities clustering in innovative regions and three major clusters have formed. The trend of clustering will continue to evolve outwards so that the overall innovation level of China would be enhanced.