The use of the analytical hierarchy process as a method of comparing innovation across regions: The examples of the equipment manufacturing industries of Shanghai and Xiamen, China
The use of the analytical hierarchy process as a method of comparing innovation across regions: The examples of the equipment manufacturing industries of Shanghai and Xiamen, China
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10.1177/0308518x16636886
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2016-03
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Ingo Liefner;Sabine Jessberger
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作者：
Ingo Liefner;Sabine Jessberger
比较不同地区的创新具有挑战性。创新过程和结果是由不同的参与者、互动和机构决定的。从解释跨地区创新的现有方法可以明显看出，区域突发事件使比较变得复杂。定量创新衡量方法可以量化地区之间的差异，但忽略地区偶发事件。定性的启发式方法可以了解单个地区的创新历史和文化，但无法量化地区之间的差异。本文介绍了层次分析法 (AHP) 的改进版本来填补这一方法论空白。它表明层次分析法使我们既可以考虑区域偶然性，又可以量化区域之间的差异。本文运用层次分析法对中国上海和厦门的装备制造业创新进行了比较。因此，它举例说明了如何将这种方法用于人文地理学、规划、区域科学和相关领域的研究和应用。
Comparing innovation across regions is challenging. Innovation processes and outcomes are shaped by different actors, interactions, and institutions. Regional contingencies complicate the comparison as evident from the existing approaches to explaining innovation across regions. Quantitative innovation measurement approaches may quantify differences between regions, but disregard regional contingencies. Qualitative, heuristic approaches may understand an individual region’s innovation history and culture, but cannot quantify differences between regions. This paper introduces an adapted version of the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to fill this methodological void. It shows that the AHP allows us both to consider regional contingency and to quantify differences between regions. This paper applies the AHP to compare innovation of the equipment manufacturing industries of Shanghai and Xiamen, China. It thus exemplifies how this method might be used for research and application in human geography, planning, regional science, and related fields.