Title Page
Contents
Abstract 7
Chapter 1. Introduction 14
Background of the Study 15
Development of EMI in China 15
Development of research and development innovation of China's EMI 16
Development of Liaoning Province's EMI 17
R&D capability of EMI 19
Problem Statement 20
Purpose of the Study 23
Research Questions 24
Definitions 25
Significance of the Study 29
Significance of the Practice 29
Significance to Theory 30
Summary 31
Chapter 2. Literature Review 33
Introduction of EMI firms 33
The characteristics of the EMI 33
The regional heterogeneity of the development of EMI 34
Innovation capability of EMI 37
Technological innovation capability (TIC) 38
Institutional innovation capability 40
Innovation performance 42
R&D factors of EMI 43
Internal innovation factors 44
Government support 47
Cluster research 51
The relationship between R&D and firm performance 54
R&D investment correlates positively with enterprise performance 54
R&D investment correlates negatively with enterprise performance 55
Summary 56
Chapter 3. Research Method(s) 58
Research design 59
Variables 65
Data collection 71
Summary 76
Chapter 4. Results and Discussion 78
The contribution of EMI to Liaoning Province 78
The contribution of R&D input in Liaoning Province EMI 103
The contribution of R&D output in Liaoning Province EMI 114
R&D activities and performance of Liaoning Province EMI 135
Chapter 5. Conclusion 145
Interpretation of Findings 145
Research Limitations 149
References 151
Table 1. Industry of Liaoning Province's GDP from 2014 to 2018 19
Table 2. Leon Lev Inverse Matrix of ten departments in Liaoning Province, 2017 72
Table 3. Research investment index of EMI above designated size in Liaoning Province from 2015 to 2019 73
Table 4. R&D output index of Liaoning Province EMI 75
Table 5. Input-output Coefficient Table 79
Table 6. Number of equipment manufacturing enterprises 82
Table 7. Liaoning Province EMI units accounted for the overall proportion 83
Table 8. Liaoning province EMI enterprise units accounted for the overall proportion 85
Table 9. Liaoning Province industrial producer price Index, EMI above the scale of industrial output value and growth rate 88
Table 10. Proportion and growth rate percent of the industrial added value of industries above designated size in Liaoning Province 89
Table 11. Ratio of primary operating revenue and operating profit of all industries above designated scale in Liaoning Province EMI 93
Table 12. Business indexes of EMI Proportion of Liaoning Province and the National 95
Table 13. Asset-liability ratio of Liaoning Province and national EMI 99
Table 14. The contribution of the total assets of Liaoning Province and the national EMI 101
Table 15. Contribution of industrial cost profit margin of Liaoning Province and National 102
Table 16. Research investment rate percent of industrial enterprises above designated size by industry in Liaoning province 104
Table 17. FTE of researchers in Liaoning Province and nationwide industries 107
Table 18. Number of institutional researchers in Liaoning Province and nationwide industries 109
Table 19. R&D spending in Liaoning Province and nationwide industries 111
Table 20. Relative indexes of R&D investment from 2015 to 2018 113
Table 21. Number of effectual inventions from 2015 to 2018 115
Table 22. Ratio of high-tech products in various indicators of Liaoning Province EMI 119
Table 23. Indicators percent of industrial enterprises above designated size in Liaoning Province EMI 120
Table 24. Internal proportion of Liaoning Province EMI 123
Table 25. Proportion of Liaoning Province in the same industry in China 126
Table 26. Proportion of EMI and its internal industries in R&D output 129
Table 27. R&D output growth rate 130
Table 28. Relative indicators of scientific research output 133
Table 29. Input-output effects of the EMI (I) 137
Table 30. Input-output effects of the EMI (II) 138
Table 31. Input-output effects of the EMI (III) 141
Figure 1. China's GDP From 2014 to 2018 16
Figure 2. China's industrial added value from 2014 to 2018 16
Figure 3. Liaoning Province's GDP From 2014 to 2018 17
Figure 4. The proportion of EMI in Liaoning Province 83
Figure 5. Overall proportion of enterprises in various industries in Liaoning Province EMI 84
Figure 6. the proportion of total industrial output value of 8 industries in the EMI 86
Figure 7. Proportion of industrial added value by industry in Liaoning Province 91
Figure 8. Growth rate of the industrial added value of Liaoning Province industries 91
Figure 9. Proportion of the primary business income of Liaoning Province EMI 93
Figure 10. Ratio of the central business profit of Liaoning Province EMI 94
Figure 11. Proportion of each index in Liaoning Province EMI Liaoning 96
Figure 12. Proportion of each index in Liaoning Province EMI in China 97
Figure 13. Proportion of FTE of researchers in the effective invention patents in each sub-industry 139
Figure 14. Proportion of FTE of researchers in new product sales revenue in each sub-industry 140
Figure 15. Proportion of FTE of researchers in new product export in each sub-industry 140
Figure 16. Proportion of R&D spending of each sub-industry in the number of effective invention patents from 2015 to 2019 142
Figure 17. Proportion of R&D spending of each sub-industry in new product sales revenue from 2015 to 2019 142
Figure 18. Proportion of R&D spending of each sub-industry in new product export sales revenue from 2015 to 2019 143