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Why is technological innovation important in the PV industry?

Therefore, exploring the evolution of the technological innovation structure of the PV industry and its driving factors can help to point out the way to improve PV production capacity, which is of great significance to push China from a large PV industry country to a strong PV industry country.

How can R&D promote a cooperative network in PV industry?

Overall, the inducement mechanisms in the R&D stage can promote the construction of a cooperative network in the PV industry in which enterprises are the core actors. Moreover, the manufacturing experience of the enterprises will help the public sector form relevant market supervision regulations. 4.2.2. Deployment stage

How to develop a technological innovation network of China's PV industry?

Specifically, we use Excel to process the patent technology codes of PV industry, get the co-occurrence frequency of any two technology codes under a certain year, and assign side weights according to it, so as to construct the technological innovation network of China’s PV industry.

Do R&D subsidies affect innovation in PV Enterprises?

With samples of Chinese listed PV enterprises from 2010 to 2019, this study finds R&D subsidies exert a notable positive impact on the innovation in PV enterprises. In small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and enterprises without state-owned shares, both R&D subsidies and non-R&D subsidies have positive impacts on the innovation.

Does IPC reflect technological innovation in the PV industry?

Meanwhile, IPC can comprehensively reflect the innovative information characteristics of patents, which correspond to the corresponding link in the industrial chain, thus reflecting the position of technological innovation in the PV industry.

What is the innovation level in PV industry technology innovation network?

The overall innovation level of downstream in PV industry technology innovation network is better than that of upstream, and the status, autonomy, and control ability of the middle and lower reaches of the technology are stronger, with the downstream technology being the best.