ABSTRACT We examine the role of innovative efforts in industries from the perspective of global value chains (GVCs). We set up a simple model and empirically test it using patent and bilateral export decomposition data. The model shows that innovative activities assumed to decrease the cost of conducting high-skilled tasks can upgrade the position of the industry in GVCs. This is also supported by data on patents and GVC-related data from the OECD and the Asian Development Bank. The empirical results reveal that a higher number of patent applications are closely related to more production of intermediate goods rather than assembly.

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创新在全球价值链升级中的作用

摘要 我们从全球价值链 (GVC) 的角度研究创新努力在行业中的作用。我们建立了一个简单的模型，并使用专利和双边出口分解数据对其进行了实证检验。该模型表明，旨在降低高技能任务成本的创新活动可以提升该行业在全球价值链中的地位。这也得到了经合组织和亚洲开发银行的专利数据和全球价值链相关数据的支持。实证结果表明，更多的专利申请与更多的中间产品生产而不是组装密切相关。