影响国家创新能力的社会基础条件

Research on Social Basic Conditions Affecting National Innovation Ability

创新不是无源之水,它的发生依赖特定的社会条件。通过选取五个特定社会条件,即民主指数、人均国内生产总值、人口总数、权力距离指数以及个人主义/集体主义指数,对特定社会条件与创新指数进行回归分析,以此揭示政治、经济、人口、文化等社会条件对创新的影响。研究表明,人口总数与创新没有相关性,权力距离对创新负相关;经济与个体的独立性对创新的影响显著,政治的民主程度对创新具有正相关性。因此,政治、经济与文化的改革对提升中国创新能力具有重要意义。

Innovation is not water without a source.Its occurrence is dependent on specific social conditions.By selecting five specific social conditions including democracy index,per capita GDP,total population,power distance index,and individualism/collectivism index,the paper conducts regression analysis on specific social condition and innovation index to reveal the influence of political,economic,demographic,cultural and other social conditions on innovation.Research shows that the total population has no correlation with innovation,and power distance is negatively related to innovation.The independence of economy and individual has a significant impact on innovation,followed by the degree of political democracy that has a positive correlation with innovation.Therefore,political,economic and cultural reforms are of great significance to enhancing China s innovation capabilities.