Innovation networks in the advanced medical equipment industry: supporting regional digital health systems from a local–national perspective
Shanghai University of International Business and Economics · Ningbo University · +6 more institutions
Abstract
This study investigates the spatial structure and influencing factors of the innovation network in the advanced medical equipment and device manufacturing industry in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD). This industry is crucial to public health system resilience and regional industrial upgrading. Drawing on joint patent data from the IncoPat Global Patent Database covering the period 2005-2024, the study constructs innovation networks and conducts comparative analyses from both national and regional perspectives using social network analysis and geodetector methods. The findings reveal that: (1) At the national level, the innovation network has gradually expanded but remains sparse, characterized by a…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 168.92
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 67
Authors
9- FHFeng Hu
Shanghai University of International Business and Economics
- HYHuijie Yang
Shanghai University of International Business and Economics
- LQLiping Qiu
Ningbo University
- XWXiaoping Wang
Ningbo University
- ZRZhimin Ren
Zhejiang Gongshang University Hangzhou College of Commerce, Zhejiang Gongshang University
Topics & keywords
- Business
- Incentive
- Government (linguistics)
- China
- Intellectual property
- Industrial organization
- Regional innovation system
- Regional science
- Industry, innovation and infrastructure