Research on the Relationship between Digital Economy and High-tech Industry Value Chain
How can the digital economy help high-tech industry break the low-end lock in the value chain and achieve value chain climb?Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2011 to 2020,the entropy weighted TOPSIS method is used to measure the development level of the digital economy and high-tech industry value chain,and to investigate the promotion mechanism of the digital economy on the high-tech industry value chain.Research has found that the digital economy drives the high-tech industry value chain to climb by improving the market openness.The strength of the innovation chain plays a positive regulatory role in the relationship between the digital economy and the high-tech industry value chain.There are differences in the impact of the digital economy development on the high-tech industry value chain in different provinces(regions)and industries.This study expands new avenues for high-tech industry to achieve value chain climb from two aspects:regional marketization degree improvement and innovation chain strength improvement.
digital economyhigh-tech industry value chainregional marketization degreeinnovation chain strength