A Study on the Coordinated Development Level of Technological Innovation in Sporting Goods Manufacturing Industry from the Perspective of Innovation Value Chain

Technological innovation is a crucial pathway for achieving high-quality development in the sporting goods manufacturing industry and is integral to the construction of a sports powerhouse. This study, adopting the perspective of the innovation value chain, empirically analyzes the coordinated development of technological innovation in China's sporting goods manufacturing industry. By constructing a two-stage correlated evaluation model for the development level, the study explores the tangible challenges and potential solutions facing technological innovation in the industry. The findings reveal that the current coordinated development of technological innovation in China's sporting goods manufacturing industry falls into the categories of “moderate coordinated development” and “innovation development lag type.” The industry, as a whole, belongs to the low to medium-low technology(LMT) sector with relatively low technical efficiency. The coordinated development of industry-wide technological innovation is at a relatively low level, highlighting a deficiency in high-level innovation. The industry faces challenges such as insufficient capacity for original knowledge production and inadequate capabilities for transforming innovative achievements. In response, recommendations for elevating the coordinated development level of industry-wide technological innovation are proposed,including establishing a national leadership group for building a sports powerhouse, accelerating the formulation of regulations to promote the sports industry, leveraging digital transformation to enhance front-end innovation and development, and improving the technological maturity of innovation achievements.