Research on foreign capital RD ecosystem in China based on dissipative structure theory

摘要

Innovation Ecosystem has been a new model of technological innovation. Currently, foreign capital R&D ecosystem in China is one of the most important components of the national innovation system. Dissipative structure theory and Brusselator Model are introduced to describe the evolution of the ecosystem composed of multiple R&D networks. This paper evaluates the foreign capital R&D ecosystem's entropy nationwide based on an investigation about 351 foreign capital R&D institutions in China. It further analyses the ecosystem's deviation degree from the dissipative structure. The paper confirms that the status of foreign capital R&D ecosystem has not reached dissipative structure; while the status in Eastern China is closer to the optimal status than in Western China. The empirical conclusion indicates relative maturity of the ecosystem in Eastern China. In both Central China and Western China, the deviation degree is obviously higher than other regions.