Digital Economy Empowering Military-Civilian Collaborative Innovation:Theoretical Mechanisms,Effect Measurement,and Empirical Inspection-a Case Study of the Electronic and Communication Equipment Manufacturing Industry in China's Central and Western Region
The digital economy serves as a new driving force for advancing the deep integration of military and ci-vilian systems and fostering an integrated strategic framework and capabilities.Drawing on information entropy theory and system synergy theory,this study examines the enabling effects of the digital economy on military-ci-vilian collaborative innovation in the electronic and communication equipment manufacturing industry-a repre-sentative sector of military-civilian collaboration-using data from 2013 to 2021 in China's central and western regions.Empirical results reveal that,with control variables accounted for,a 1%increase in the level of digital economic development raises the synergy degree of the military-civilian innovation system by 19.25%.The digi-tal economy positively enables military-civilian collaborative innovation.It also indirectly facilitates such inno-vation by improving human capital,boosting technological progress,and reducing research and development costs.However,further analysis indicates that digital industrialization has a limited role while it primarily con-centrates on innovation entities and investment.Based on these findings,policy recommendations are proposed to better leverage the dividends of digitalization and promote the sustainable development of military-civilian col-laborative innovation in China's central and western regions.
digital economymilitary-civilian collaborative innovationenabling effectChina's central and west-ern regionselectronic and communication equipment manufacturing
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