An Overview of Cross-Regional Collaborative Innovation

Cross-regional collaborative innovation is the inevitable choice for the in-depth development of the integration of regional economics. Based on the existing bibliography, this paper provides a systematic and brief review on the studies and progress related to inter-regional collaborative innovation from three aspects, including the multidimensional proximity, knowledge and technology transfer, and innovation clusters. This paper also offers recommendations for future studies, concerning the role of government in the collaborative system, national innovation platform’s construction and operation mechanism, measuring effectiveness of cross-regional collaborative innovation.