Research Article

Evolutionary Analysis of Innovation Development in a Metropolitan Area from a Symbiosis Perspective: Empirical Research on the Shanghai Metropolitan Area

Table 4

The descriptive statistics of all indicator data.

VariableObsMeanStd. DevMinMax

Number of universities3632.1927.67397
Number of high-tech enterprises3639402723.9768212619
Number of scientific research institutions in the city3675.3360.203165
Number of national key laboratories3612.7213.52045
Number of national technology incubators3618.4216.92055
CPI36102.641.6298.47105.78
GDP per capita in the region3610302834146.1742626162503
Park green area per capita3611.382.896.9715
Total number of libraries and museums3651.3343.626128
Number of beds in hospitals and health centers3663351.9743700.3512484146454
Number of public books per capita361.671.110.493.43
Total expenditures of local government funds for science and technology3610795161336677159114263655
Total expenditures of local government funds for education3626181443172218885549956956
R&D investment of industrial enterprises above designated size36236418816415423102895906504
Number of R&D personnel in industrial enterprises above designated size36111702.41168922.820794812459
Number of people engaged in research activities in the university3618672.3918615.67134569761
Number of patent applications3673735.9751495.325536173586
Number of patents granted3654175.7276203.022984461109
Number of technology market contract transactions3616122.339792.05370835928
Value of technology market contracts36319359035222346102314223539
Number of national-level science and technology awards3618.0323.94058
Total number of scientific and technical papers published3639139.7127554.141124697943
High-tech industry output value3610222.2210079.981936.1251239