Science Research Management ›› 2013, Vol. ›› Issue (2): 10-18.

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A status survey on technology innovation of firms in China: Characteristics,tendencies, and countermeasures

Zhang Chidong   

  1. Chinese Academy of Stratege Development for Science and Technology, Beijing 100038, China
  • Received:2012-07-23 Revised:2012-11-28 Online:2013-02-27 Published:2013-02-28

Abstract: Understanding and holding the development tendencies and characteristics of technology innovation for Innovation-oriented Enterprises (IoEs) is an important precondition for adjusting and making innovation policies. A full sample questionnaire investigation on excellent technology innovation projects successfully finished by state-level IoEs is carried out based on object approach. Then the tendencies and characteristics of technology innovation for IoEs are analyzed in terms of innovation motivation, type, novelty, expenditure, impact, and effect of firms. Some important conclusions that technology innovation activity of IoEs is mainly driven by market demand; the main innovative type is new product; first important target of technology innovation for firms is to develop a new product; the innovative novelty of most IoEs is new on international market, as well as a distribution regularity of the expenditure quota for all kinds of innovative projects in IoEs are found. What’s more, it is also found that IoEs in some industries are not susceptible to the innovative policy, while others are more susceptible. Based on that, some suggestions for making and adjusting innovation policies are put forwards.

Key words: IoE, innovation tendency, innovative characteristic, project survey, object approach

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