SME, Technological Innovation and Regional Environment: The Case of Guangdong, China

Based on the data analysis of materials collected from 785 question-and-answer surveys in Guangdong, the paper obtains some main characteristic of technology innovation within SMEs and regional environment and draws some conclusions as follow: Technology innovative capacity of those SMEs in Guangdong has gained a significant improvement at the same time innovation output performance such as patent level is pool; Most of the SMEs choose cooperation strategy and simulated strategy as their enterprise technology innovative strategy; Supplied merchant and custom play an important role in innovative network, but high school. research institution and agency service institution have less role; To improve technology and administration level is the main innovative motivation for those SMEs, but lack of skilled labor force, new technology and law environment is the restricted condition of Guangdong innovative environment; Most of the SMEs hold optimism attitude for Gguangdong province and think that Pearl river delta is their first choice for industrial investment in future. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.