市场化进程、数字化转型与区域创新能力——理论分析与经验证据

结合区域创新能力相关理论，探究市场化进程、数字化转型与区域创新能力的内在联系。研究发现，市场化进程能通过缓解创新主体的外部融资约束、激发创新主体内在创新动力，进而间接提升区域创新能力；市场化进程对区域创新能力的影响存在异质性，数字化程度较高地区的市场化进程对区域创新能力提升效果更显著。结论可为政府加速市场化改革与数字化转型、加快实施创新驱动发展战略提供经验证据及政策启示。

Marketization Process,Digital Transformation and Regional Innovation Capabilities: Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Evidence

It is an indispensable premise to keep improving innovation capabilities for the sustainable economic development in such a competitive world now, and it is also the representation of a country's core competitiveness. Improving regional innovation capabilities is an important way to promote the formation of a new engine of economic development, the transformation of innovation-driven development and the construction of an innovative country.#br#The core of regional innovation capabilities lies in the interaction and connection among regional innovation institutions, the efficiency of market resource allocation, and the capabilities to transform knowledge into new products and new services through technological innovation. It is closely related to the regional innovation environment based on the process of marketization and digital transformation. At present, there are few related studies on the internal influence mechanism of the marketization process on regional innovation capabilities. The internal interaction between the two has not been clarified, and further exploration is needed. Moreover, the digital transformation of the world economy is the general trend. In the context of digital transformation, the role of digital transformation in marketization and regional innovation abilities is worthy of in-depth discussion.#br#Based on China's provincial panel data, this research explores the internal connections among marketization process, digital transformation and regional innovation capabilities. It is found that promoting the marketization process has a significant role in improving regional innovation capabilities and the development of digital transformation has significantly enhanced the role of marketization in promoting regional innovation capabilities. After examining the impact mechanism, it is found that promoting the marketization process can alleviate innovation subjects, the external financing constraints and the stimulating internal innovation motivation of innovative entities, thereby indirectly improving regional innovation capabilities. Further discussion shows that the impact of marketization on regional innovation ability is heterogeneous. In regions with high degree of digitization, the effect of marketization on regional innovation ability is better and more significant. #br#Compared with the existing research, the marginal contribution of this research mainly relies on the following aspects. First, this research attempts to clarify the internal influence logic of the marketization process on regional innovation capabilities, which helps to affirm the importance of market mechanism orientation theoretically. It plays a role in providing theoretical support for the government to promote the process of marketization in order to accelerate the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy. Second, this research explores the positive moderating role of digital transformation between the marketization process and regional innovation capabilities, and discusses the issue of heterogeneity, which will help the government to formulate differentiated policies to accelerate market-oriented reforms and digital transformation. It can promote regional innovation capabilities, which is of great practical significance for China to achieve high-quality development. Third, the existing literature seldom discusses the internal connection between the marketization process and the regional innovation capabilities, and the research based on the analysis in the background of digital transformation is even less. This research helps to extend the theory of regional innovation capabilities and enriches the documents related to marketization process and digital transformation.#br#