Title Page
Abstract
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction 10
1.1. Research Background and Significance 10
1.1.1. Research Background 10
1.1.2. Research Significance 11
1.2. Research Methodology and Content Structure 12
1.2.1. Research Methodology 12
1.2.2. Content Structure 13
1.3. Innovation points and shortcomings 14
1.3.1. Innovation Points 14
1.3.2. Shortcomings 15
Chapter 2. Literature Review 17
2.1. Business Environment Related Studies 17
2.1.1. Macro-level 17
2.1.2. Micro Level 18
2.2. Economic Policy Uncertainty and Enterprise Innovation 18
2.2.1. Literature Review in Economic Policy Uncertainty 18
2.2.2. Literature Review in Enterprise Innovation 21
2.2.3. Uncertainty and Enterprise Innovation 22
2.3. Changes in Local Official and Enterprise Innovation 23
2.3.1. Changes in Local Official and Policy Uncertainty 23
2.3.2. The impact of changes in local officials on innovation 26
Chapter 3. Theoretical analysis and research hypothesis 30
3.1. Theoretical Analysis 30
3.1.1. Theory of technological innovation 30
3.1.2. Real Options Theory 31
3.1.3. Growth Options Theory 31
3.2. Research Hypothesis 32
3.2.1. Economic Policy Uncertainty and Enterprise Innovation 32
3.2.2. High-tech Enterprises are More Dependent on Changes in Local Officials 33
3.2.3. Competition and Economic Policy Uncertainty Promote Enterprise Innovation 34
Chapter 4. Analysis of uncertainty and the current state of enterpriseinnovation 36
4.1. Current Analysis of Economic Policy Uncertainty 36
4.2. Analysis of current state of innovation 36
4.2.1. The current situation of the number of patents of Chinese enterprises 36
4.2.2. Comparison of the current situation of different types of enterprises 38
Chapter 5. Empirical Design 43
5.1. Sample selection and data sources 43
5.2. Variable definition 43
5.2.1. Explained variable 43
5.2.2. Explanatory variables 43
5.2.3. Classification Criteria and Moderating Variables 44
5.2.4. Control variables 45
5.2.5. Model Setting 47
5.3. Empirical Results and Analysis 47
5.3.1. Descriptive statistical analysis 47
5.3.2. Correlation Analysis 48
5.3.3. VIF 49
5.3.4. Regression Analysis 50
5.3.5. Regression analysis of grouping under different ownership nature 54
5.3.6. Regression analysis of grouping under different levels of industrialization 56
5.3.7. Regression based on competitive strength of the market classification 61
5.3.8. regression with the Herfindahl-Hirschman index as the interaction term 63
5.3.9. Robustness tests 66
Chapter 6. Research Conclusions and Recommendations 68
6.1. Research Conclusions 68
6.2. Recommendations 69
6.2.1. Government-level recommendations 70
6.2.2. Enterprise level recommendations 72
References 74
초록 77