专利弹性视角区域创新能力异质性比较

Comparative Study of the Heterogeneity of China’s Regional Innovation Capability: from Patent Elasticity Perspective

摘要:

以创新能力的标志性体现——专利为研究对象,通过测算并比较中国东中西部的规模以上工业企业专利弹性,研究中国区域创新能力发展不平衡及成因。发现虽全国整体区域创新能力差距在缩小,但中西部内部差距仍在扩大；专利需求价格弹性、专利研发弹性均存在显著区域差异。不同于传统研究认为专利是缺乏弹性商品,证实近年在国内东中西部规上企业职务发明专利数量对专利申请费是富有弹性的,对研发投入中部是富有弹性的。这对进一步研究区域创新能力具有指示性。最后对差异原因进行了分析并给出相应政策建议。

Abstract:

This study focuses on innovation capability, with patent as a symbol, as its research objective. By measuring and comparing patent elasticity of industrial enterprises of above designated size, we analyze the factors that gave rise to the unbalanced development of China"s regional innovation capacity. The study found that though the disparity between regional innovation capacities is narrowing as a whole, while such disparity is widening in the middle and western areas, and patent demand price elasticity and patent R D elasticity all present an obvious regional disparity in the above area. Differing from traditional research that believed patent as a product lack of elasticity, we verified that service invention patents of enterprises of above designated size are elastic with regard to patent application fee in the eastern, middle and western areas, and are rich in elasticity towards R D expenditure in the middle area. This conclusion may afford some fresh ideas for future study on regional innovation capacity, and in the end, we propose some suggestions for policy makers for reference.