Abstract:
The amount of Internet resources and the popularity of the Internet are indicators to measure the development of the Internet. Based on the dual perspectives of Internet resource volume and popularity, panel data of 30 provinces and municipalities in China from 2005 to 2016 were taken as samples, and the panel fixed effect model, threshold regression model and Durbin model were used to deeply discuss the heterogeneous and non-linear impact of Internet development on regional innovation capacity. The results show that:(1) Both the amount of Internet resources and the popularity of the Internet have a significant promoting effect on regional innovation capacity, and the popularity of the Internet has a stronger effect, but the effects of the two on innovation capacity in different regions are heterogeneous. (2) The influence of the amount of Internet resources and the popularity of the Internet on regional innovation ability is nonlinear. The former presents a high level trap and spatial heterogeneity, while the latter presents different nonlinear relations in different regions, showing a network effect. (3) The amount of Internet resources in the central region has significantly promoted the quality of regional innovation, while the popularity of the Internet in China and western regions has significantly inhibited the quality of regional innovation. (4) The amount of Internet resources has a significant spatial spillover effect on invention patents and patent quality, and the popularity of the Internet has a significant spatial spillover effect on the number of patent applications and patent licenses.
