Lili Jia

◇ Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................1 1.1 Research Background ..................................................................................1 1.2 Research Question .....................................................................................11 1.3 Research Objectives...................................................................................16 1.4 Research Contributions..............................................................................19 1.5 Organizations of this Thesis ......................................................................20 1.6 Research Framework .................................................................................21 ◇ Ⅱ. Literature Review ........................................................................................22 2.1 Definition of Related Concepts..................................................................22 2.2 Literature on the Impact of Industrial Policy on Enterprise Innovation....25 2.3 Literature on the Impact of Different Industrial Policy Tools on   Enterprise Innovation.................................................................................31 2.4 Differentiation from Existing Research.....................................................45 ◇ Ⅲ. Theoretical Basis and Research Methods.................................................49 3.1 Theoretical Basis .......................................................................................49 3.2 Research Methods......................................................................................54 ◇ Ⅳ. Research Design..........................................................................................60 4.1 Research Hypotheses.................................................................................60 4.2 Model Construction and Variable Selection ..............................................70 ◇ Ⅴ. Analysis results.............................................................................................84 5.1 Descriptive Statistics .................................................................................84 5.2 Main Effect Analysis..................................................................................86 5.3 Mediating Effect Analysis........................................................................108 5.4 Extended Analysis ...................................................................................113◇ Ⅵ. Conclusion and Future Direction............................................................116 6.1 Conclusion ...............................................................................................116 6.2 Policy Recommendations........................................................................121 6.3 Future Direction.......................................................................................123 ◇ REFERENCES................................................................................................124