The Impacts of Regional Learning Ability on Innovation Performance:Evidence from the Panel Data of Chinas Provinces
Regional learning ability (RLA) is the key factor of the regional economic development. It has important impacts on regional innovation performance (RIP). Using the panel data from 30 regions (provinces) in China mainland (all except Tibet and Taiwan) during the period of 2001-2008, this paper empirically tests the relationship between RLA and RIP from the aspects of knowledge acquisition, knowledge diffusion and knowledge absorption. The result shows that: (1) in the measures of knowledge acquisition, exports have positive and significant effects on RIP, while technology imports and foreign direct investment have no direct effect; (2) in the measures of knowledge diffusion and knowledge absorption, almost all of them significantly and positively influence RIP. The result has important theoretical and practical values to guiding Chinas regional economic development.
regional learning ability regional innovation performance panel data
Li Zhengwei Zhang Xiangfu
Zhejiang University of Technology, P.R.China
国际会议
杭州
英文
61-66
2011-10-15（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）