Entrepreneurial Effects of Manufacturing-Service Technology Fusion from the Perspective of Patent Co-Classification

LIU Sheng; LIU Huajie; CHEN Xiuying

Volume 41 Issue 4

Jul. 2026

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LIU Sheng, LIU Huajie, CHEN Xiuying. Entrepreneurial Effects of Manufacturing-Service Technology Fusion from the Perspective of Patent Co-Classification[J]. Journal of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, 2026, 41(4): 30-47.

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LIU Sheng, LIU Huajie, CHEN Xiuying. Entrepreneurial Effects of Manufacturing-Service Technology Fusion from the Perspective of Patent Co-Classification[J]. Journal of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, 2026, 41(4): 30-47.

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Entrepreneurial Effects of Manufacturing-Service Technology Fusion from the Perspective of Patent Co-Classification

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Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou 510006
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Guangdong University of Finance, Guangzhou 510521, China

Received Date: 2026-05-04
Available Online: 2026-09-08
Publish Date: 2026-07-28

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Driven by new industrialization and the diffusion of digital technologies, the integration of manufacturing and services is deepening into cross-industry knowledge coupling and technological function recombination within innovation outputs. Using detailed patent data from the China National Intellectual Property Administration, this paper measures the level of manufacturing-services technological fusion and examines its effect on urban entrepreneurial vitality. It is found that manufacturing-service technology fusion significantly stimulates urban entrepreneurial vitality, with venture capital allocation, digital service talent agglomeration, and support from household consumption demand serving as its main channels. Further analysis reveals that this effect is more pronounced in contexts characterized by greater knowledge breadth, high-tech integration represented by invention patents, entrepreneurship in the service sector, integration from manufacturing to services, and bidirectional integration. Moreover, the technological fusion of manufacturing and services based on different combinations of traditional and emerging industries, as well as the integration of advanced manufacturing and modern services, both significantly promote urban entrepreneurial vitality. Meanwhile, the degree of integration, balance, novelty of the technological fusion between the two industries, as well as the weighted degree of integration, all have significant entrepreneurial promotion effects. From the perspective of patent co-classification, this paper clarifies the conceptual boundaries of the technology-driven manufacturing-service fusion, expands research on the economic consequences of industrial technological fusion and the sources of urban entrepreneurial vitality, and provides empirical evidence for promoting service-oriented manufacturing, digital servitization, and the cultivation of new quality productive forces.
- manufacturing-service technological fusion,
- entrepreneurial vitality,
- patent co-classification,
- new quality productive forces

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