Do government grants promote innovation efficiency in China's high-tech industries?

被引:254
作者
Hong, Jin [1 ]
Feng, Bing [1 ]
Wu, Yanrui [2 ]
Wang, Liangbing [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sci & Technol China, Sch Management, Hefei, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Western Australia, Sch Business, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
基金
国家教育部科学基金资助; 中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Government grants; Industrial innovation; Private R&D; Innovation efficiency; High-tech industry; RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT SUBSIDIES; FIRM-LEVEL; SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; ENTERPRISES; DETERMINANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY; CAPABILITY;
D O I
10.1016/j.technovation.2016.06.001
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Despite extensive discussion about the important role of government in enterprise development, the function of government grants in the innovation activities of high-technology (high-tech) industries is still unclear. In this paper, the stochastic frontier model and a unique panel data set of 17 high-tech industries in China spanning the 2001-2011 period are applied to explore how government grants affect the innovation performance of these industries. Results indicate that the innovation efficiency of high-tech industries rapidly improved in the past decade. However, it is found that government grants exert a negative influence on innovation efficiency of high-tech industries. However, the impact of private R&D funding is significant and positive. Furthermore, when the high-tech industries are grouped into five subindustries, the results show that government grants had different effects on the innovation in each sub industry. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页数:10
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