承接国际服务外包促进了区域创新吗？

Undertaking International Service Outsourcing Improves the Regional Innovation Capability？—An Empirical Analysis of Zhejiang Province During 2008-2017

摘要:

文章构建了区域创新能力综合指标,并利用2008-2017年浙江省时间序列数据,实证检验了承接国际服务外包对区域创新能力的影响效果。研究发现：浙江省承接国际服务外包显著推动了区域创新能力发展,并促进了创新成果转化,但创新能力的提升尚未能刺激服务外包的扩张；外包培训与合作、学习模仿是承接服务外包过程中获得技术扩散的最关键途径；国家设立服务外包示范城市的政策效应显著,在带动区域服务外包和创新水平发挥了重要作用。当然,研究还表明当前服务外包产业结构的低端化显著阻碍了区域创新能力发展。本文的政策启示不仅有助于浙江省进一步提升服务外包产业竞争力,对新常态下“中国服务”攀升全球价值链也有积极现实意义。

Abstract:

This paper establishes a comprehensise indicator system of regional innovation capability and empirically estimates the effects of undertaking international service outsourcing on improvement of innovation capability based on the time series data of Zhejiang Province during 2008-2017. The results show that, undertaking international service outsourcing improves the innovation capability of Zhejiang significantly, but not the converse. Outsourcing training and learning are the main pathways of technology diffusion during undertaking service outsourcing. The policy effects of establishing service outsourcing base cities are remarkable, which promote exceedingly the development of both service outsourcing and regional innovation. However, the present low outsourcing industry structure will restrain the regional innovation. The policy implications of this paper not only have practical significance on optimizing international competitiveness of service industry in Zhejiang, but also conductive for Chinese Service climbing the Global Value Chain.