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Technology Spillovers, Collaborative Innovation and High-Quality Development—A Comparative Analysis Based on the Yangtze River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei City Clusters

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  • Yan Qi

    (School of Economics, Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics, Hohhot 010070, China
    School of Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 102206, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Yiwei Liu

    (School of Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 102206, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

Exploring the mechanism of science and technology innovation spillover effect and collaborative innovation on the high-quality development of urban agglomerations is of great practical significance for implementing the innovation-driven development strategy. Based on the panel data of prefecture-level cities from 2012 to 2020, this study uses web crawler technology to obtain cooperative invention patent data, combines the social network analysis method to construct collaborative innovation networks, constructs a high-quality development indicator system from six dimensions such as the degree of marketization and the industrial system, and adopts the spatial Durbin model to reveal the regional innovation spillover effect. The comparative study based on the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) urban agglomerations found the following: (1) There is significant spatial heterogeneity in science and technology innovation, with the YRD showing a positive spillover trend and BTH showing a significant negative spillover trend; (2) The collaborative innovation network shows differentiated characteristics, with the YRD having a higher density of the network and forming a multi-centered structure, and BTH maintaining the pattern of single-core radiation; (3) There is a horse-tracing effect in high-quality development, with the average score of YRD The average score of YRD is significantly higher than that of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and the indicators of several dimensions are better. Based on these conclusions, city clusters should further strengthen the construction of collaborative innovation networks among cities and enhance the capacity of neighboring cities to undertake innovation, to give full play to the spillover effect and driving effect of innovation on high-quality development.

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  • Yan Qi & Yiwei Liu, 2025. "Technology Spillovers, Collaborative Innovation and High-Quality Development—A Comparative Analysis Based on the Yangtze River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei City Clusters," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(12), pages 1-30, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:17:y:2025:i:12:p:5587-:d:1681317
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