Innovation, Technological Change & Entrepreneurship Ecosystems
📋 Research Overview
This theme examines how industrial policy, R&D subsidies, intellectual property reform, trade openness, and regional knowledge spillovers shape firm competitiveness, technology upgrading, and entrepreneurship ecosystems. Research draws on firm-level microdata, patent records, trade data, and administrative datasets, applying spatial econometrics, machine learning, and quasi-experimental methods. The comparative focus spans China and the United States, including studies of innovation policy shocks, export resilience, and the geography of relatedness and economic complexity. Recent work extends to supranational IP institution reform and its effects on firm innovation and commercialization in advanced economies.
💰 External Funding
Watts Research Seed Funding Program - Innovation, Technology-Driven Economic Change
Supported foundational research on innovation ecosystems, entrepreneurship, and the economic geography of technological change across U.S. and Chinese regions.
Impacts of Industrial Policy Support on Firm R&D Investment, Patenting, and Export Competitiveness
Examines how state-directed industrial policy instruments shape firm-level innovation behavior, patent output, and export performance in China, with implications for comparative technology policy and industrial strategy.