Open AccessHow is Innovation Performance Under the Restriction of Industry Cluster: Evidence from a Survey on High-Tech Firms
Author(s) -
Yongmao Wang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
converter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.104
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 0010-8189
DOI - 10.17762/converter.28
Subject(s) - high tech , business , economies of agglomeration , survey data collection , industrial organization , cluster (spacecraft) , innovation management , technology innovation , marketing , economics , economic growth , computer science , statistics , mathematics , political science , law , programming language
Under-development of high-tech industry cluster hampers the strategy of innovation-driven for less developed regions. While prior studies has demonstrated innovation difference among regions, little attention has been paid to innovation heterogeneity at firm-level. An conceptual model is adopted to evaluate innovative activities of high-tech firms in under-development regions. Using unique firm survey, an investigation was thoroughly conducted on high-tech firms. Based on survey data of 142 high-tech firms, some interesting results emerge. Lack of support from industry cluster, depression effect of technological innovation is not obvious. SMEs have more inclination to innovate, asymmetry exist between occupation of innovative resources and innovation ability, and weak innovation agglomeration effect shows in two development zones. Further analysis on input-output efficiency of innovation indicate that, input-output efficiency of R&D funding is relatively good, but R&D personnel and innovation management are insufficient, which lead to low effective conversion effect.