Study On The Technological Innovation Capability Of Start-up Small&Medium Sized Hi-tech Enterprise

With the deepening of economic globalization, international competition has become increasingly fierce. Only carrying on technological innovation continuously can make technological enterprises remain invincible in the fierce market competition. For technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in its infancy, how to enhance technological innovation capability is the primary problem that even more current to be resolved. Approved by the state council in1991as a national high-tech industry development zone, Hefei high-tech industry development zone is currently the largest high-tech industrialization base in Anhui province, where many high-tech enterprises cluster, and every year there are a large number of high-tech enterprises in the start-up stage settled. In order to understand the status of start-up SMEs’ technology innovation ability, find the problems and dilemma they are facing and formulate measures to enhance it, this paper takes the start-up SMEs in Hefei high-tech industry development zone as an example, build "the technological innovation ability evaluation index system of start-up SMEs", design "the questionnaire to start-up SME’s technology innovation ability", and with the help of technical means to investigate and evaluate the technology innovation ability of start-up SMEs. Evolutionary economics absorbs the thought and method of biological evolution and the research achievements in natural science to study the economic phenomena and evolution law of individual and group behavior. It puts forward the hypothesis of historical evolution, satisfied but not optimal and diversity by broking the hypothesis of rational people, optimal and equilibrium of the mainstream economics. Evolutionary economics focuses on the dynamic process of the economic and emphasizes the important role of "path dependence" in economic analysis, and is drawing more and more attention as it provides a new research framework of dynamic evolution to explain the economic system evolution process. Evolutionary economics provides a new view angle to study the technology innovation of start-up SMEs. By drawing experience from its theoretical results and according to the research conclusions, this paper gives some countermeasures and suggestions from two aspects (government and enterprises) to promote the technology innovation ability of start-up SMEs.The main contents are as follows:(1) It is essential to have a review of Schumpeter’s theory about innovation, then to have a summary about the domestic and foreign scholar’s evaluation of technology innovation and about the technology innovation ability of enterprises, and the study of technology innovation ability of SMEs. Finally it comes to a brief review of existing research.(2) In reference to domestic and foreign relevant theories and base on the standard of science and technology enterprises given by government of Anhui province, this paper defines the start-up SMEs, and think that its technology innovation ability is an ability system, which is constituted by the investment ability, implementation ability, management ability,output capacity and environment ability. Then, according to the survey data, and take the start-up SMEs in Hefei high-tech industry development zone for instance, to give a brief description and analysis on the present situation and characteristics of the technology innovation ability of startup SMEs.(3) Based on the theoretical analysis of technology innovation ability of enterprise and in order to further understanding the technology innovation ability and making an evaluation, this paper constructs a technology innovation ability evaluation index system for start-up SMEs, and establishes the evaluation method-factor analysis. The evaluation index system is made up of23indexes, including the component part of technology innovation ability of enterprise.(4) According to the evaluation index system and the evaluation method selected above, this paper makes an empirical research of technology innovation ability of start-up SMEs. Through the analysis of survey data, the technology innovation ability level of sample enterprises is arranged as follows:innovation management ability, innovation implementation ability, innovation output capacity, innovation investment ability and innovation environment ability. Through factor analysis, it is concluded that the main indexes influencing the technology innovation capability of start-up SMEs are:management and marketing ability factor, investment and research and development ability factor, production ability factor, output capacity factor and environmental factor. From the comprehensive evaluation results we can see that technology innovation ability of graduated enterprises is higher than that of enterprises in the incubated, technology innovation ability of enterprises in the incubated is higher than that of other enterprises; technology innovation ability of Sino-foreign joint venture enterprises is higher than that of state-owned enterprises, technology innovation ability of state-owned enterprises is higher than that of private sectors; the setup length and size of enterprises also have certain influence on its technological innovation ability; technology innovation ability of industry enterprises for new materials, new energy and energy conservation, resources and environment as well as high technology service is higher than that of the enterprises for electronic information technology, biotechnology and new medicine, and fire control, public security and other industry, and there are differences in ability of each component.(5) According to the previous research conclusion, this paper puts forward some countermeasures to promote technology innovation ability of start-up SMEs from two aspects(respectively from government and enterprises).