Patenting and Innovation in China: Incentives, Policy, and Outcomes
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Dissertation Patenting and Innovation in China Incentives, Policy, and Outcomes Eric Warner C O R P O R A T I O N Dissertation Patenting and Innovation in China Incentives, Policy, and Outcomes Eric Warner This document was submitted as a dissertation in November 2014 in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the doctoral degree in public policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. The faculty committee that supervised and approved the dissertation consisted of Charles Wolf, Jr. (Chair), Shanthi Nataraj, and Christopher Eusebi. PARDEE RAND GRADUATE SCHOOL The Pardee RAND Graduate School dissertation series reproduces dissertations that have been approved by the student’s dissertation committee. The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND’s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. R® is a registered trademark. 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Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138 1200 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202-5050 4570 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2665 RAND URL: http://www.rand.org/ To order RAND documents or to obtain additional information, contact Distribution Services: Telephone: (310) 451-7002; Fax: (310) 451-6915; Email: [email protected] Contents Abstract ......................................................................................................................................................... v Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................................................... vii Chapter 1: The Chinese patent boom – Incentives and Implications ........................................................... 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 1 Innovation – measuring technical change and inventiveness .................................................................. 2 The advantages of patents as an innovation measure ............................................................................. 3 Patent design, use, and value ................................................................................................................... 4 Intellectual property systems and innovation .......................................................................................... 8 Markets, innovation, and economic effects ............................................................................................. 8 The case of China .................................................................................................................................... 11 Summary ................................................................................................................................................. 20 Policy Recommendations ........................................................................................................................ 22 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................. 23 References .............................................................................................................................................. 25 Chapter 2: Do Indigenous Innovation Policies Work? Evidence from China .............................................. 31 Glossary ................................................................................................................................................... 32 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 33 Background ............................................................................................................................................. 34 Literature ................................................................................................................................................ 36 Data ......................................................................................................................................................... 37 Analytical Approach ................................................................................................................................ 40 Results ..................................................................................................................................................... 45 Contribution and limitations ................................................................................................................... 53 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................... 55 Appendix: Indigenous Innovation Catalog .............................................................................................. 56 Appendix: WIPO Technology‐IPC Concordance Table ............................................................................ 60 Appendix: Indigenous Innovation Firm Awardees .................................................................................. 63 References .............................................................................................................................................. 65 Chapter 3: Measuring Innovation: How Innovative are Leading Chinese Firms? ....................................... 68 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 68 Literature Review .................................................................................................................................... 69 iii Data ......................................................................................................................................................... 73 Methodology ........................................................................................................................................... 74 Analysis ................................................................................................................................................... 79 Descriptive analysis ............................................................................................................................. 79 S‐ Curve analysis .................................................................................................................................. 81 Comparative analysis of innovative patents ....................................................................................... 85 Analysis of newly emergent sectors ................................................................................................... 87 Contributions, limitations, and conclusions ............................................................................................ 89 Appendix: Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves and Optimal Coefficients .................................... 91 Appendix: Name Harmonization and Firm Identification ....................................................................... 94 iv Abstract China has undergone a patenting boom, with yearly increases in patent applications