Can regional collaborative innovation improve innovation efficiency? An empirical study of Chinese cities

• Published in: Growth and change Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 440 - 463
• Main Authors: Fan, Fei, Lian, Huan, Wang, Song
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lexington Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2020
• Subjects: Collaboration; Cooperation; Coordination; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Innovations; China
• ISSN: 0017-4815; 1468-2257
• DOI: 10.1111/grow.12346

The relationship between collaborative innovation and innovation efficiency has attracted the attention of researchers in recent years. However, few studies have integrated intra‐regional and inter‐regional collaborative innovations (IRCI) into a unified framework to analyze the overall impact of re...