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The behavioral impact of 5G adoption: Evidence from individual-level transaction data 5G采用对行为的影响：来自个人层面交易数据的证据

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103112

Joseph Lee , Jae-Hyeon Ahn , Jaeho Myeong

The rollout of 5G mobile technology has been anticipated to play a pivotal role in digital transformation, yet rigorous empirical evidence on its behavioral effects remains limited. This study addresses that gap by analyzing individual-level transaction data from South Korea covering October 2018 to December 2019. Employing a difference-in-differences approach with coarsened exact matching, we estimate the causal impact of 5G adoption on consumption patterns across digital and non-digital domains. Results show that 5G adoption increases in the frequency, spending amount, share, and diversity of digital transactions, while non-digital transactions remain unchanged. These effects are particularly strong in non-metropolitan regions, where improvements in network performance trigger larger behavioral responses. Within these regions, younger users and women show especially pronounced increases in digital engagement, while income-related differences are not statistically significant. By providing individual-level evidence on how advanced mobile infrastructure influences real-world consumption behavior, this study contributes to the literature on digital behavior, infrastructure inequality, and the digitalization paradox, with implications for business strategy and public policy.

预计5G移动技术的推出将在数字化转型中发挥关键作用，但有关其行为影响的严格实证证据仍然有限。本研究通过分析韩国2018年10月至2019年12月的个人层面交易数据，解决了这一差距。采用具有粗化精确匹配的差中之差方法，我们估计了5G采用对数字和非数字领域消费模式的因果影响。结果显示，5G的采用在数字交易的频率、支出金额、份额和多样性方面都有所增加，而非数字交易保持不变。这些影响在非大都市地区尤其强烈，在那里，网络性能的改善会引发更大的行为反应。在这些地区，年轻用户和女性用户的数字参与度明显增加，而收入相关的差异在统计上并不显著。通过提供先进移动基础设施如何影响现实世界消费行为的个人层面证据，本研究为数字行为、基础设施不平等和数字化悖论方面的文献做出了贡献，并对商业战略和公共政策产生了影响。

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Digitalization, AI and the rise of techno-religion: Transhumanist promises and the challenge to Enlightenment 数字化、人工智能和技术宗教的兴起：超人类主义的承诺和对启蒙运动的挑战

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103115

Michael Latzer

Digitalization, currently spearheaded by artificial intelligence, not only disenchants but also re-enchants societies, giving rise to a transhumanism-shaped techno-religion that contests prevailing interpretations of the Enlightenment project in Western societies. This article draws on a long-term perspective on media change and a sociotechnical conception of the digitalization of societies as the Digital Trinity: the co-evolutionary interplay of datafication, algorithmization, and platformization. It argues that this trinity of transformative forces is marked by a transhumanist reinterpretation of Enlightenment and exhibits corresponding techno-religious features. These features are revealed both in societal functions (e.g., handling contingencies, contributing to sensemaking) and in individual experiences of digitalization (e.g., the feedback loop of sacralizing technology and the self). Transhumanist visions of a technically controllable human evolution and transcendence replicate and reinforce belief structures traditionally associated with organized religions. Drawing on critical-theoretical readings of Kant, the article demonstrates how the rise of this techno-religion and its underlying transhumanist reinterpretation of Enlightenment stand in tension with the prevailing Kantian conception of Enlightenment, whose emancipatory aim is to foster “maturity” through critical reason, rationality, and human autonomy. In response, it suggests a next wave of Enlightenment that moves beyond the anthropocentric 18th-century model by combining the safeguarding of traditional values with the overcoming of recognized shortcomings and adaptation to today's highly networked digital realities. It argues for curbing the mystical side of digitalization; reclaiming public discourse from transhumanist mythologies; and reframing human self-understanding within a networked, more ecocentric perspective, for example, by resisting the strong anthropomorphization of technological systems.

目前由人工智能引领的数字化，不仅让社会失去魅力，也让社会重新充满魅力，催生了一种超人类主义形态的技术宗教，与西方社会对启蒙运动的主流解释形成了竞争。本文借鉴了媒体变革的长期视角，以及社会数字化作为数字三位一体的社会技术概念：数据化、算法化和平台化的共同进化相互作用。它认为，这三位一体的变革力量以启蒙运动的超人类主义重新诠释为标志，并表现出相应的技术宗教特征。这些特征既体现在社会功能（例如，处理突发事件，为意义构建做出贡献）中，也体现在数字化的个人体验中（例如，将技术和自我神圣化的反馈回路）。技术上可控的人类进化和超越的超人类主义愿景复制并强化了传统上与有组织的宗教相关的信仰结构。通过对康德批判理论的解读，本文展示了这种技术宗教的兴起及其潜在的对启蒙运动的超人类主义重新解释与盛行的康德启蒙概念是如何对立的，后者的解放目标是通过批判理性、理性和人类自治来培养“成熟”。作为回应，它提出了下一波启蒙运动，通过将维护传统价值观与克服公认的缺点和适应当今高度网络化的数字现实相结合，超越18世纪的人类中心主义模式。它主张遏制数字化的神秘一面；从超人类主义神话中夺回公共话语；在一个网络化的、更以生态为中心的视角中重新构建人类的自我理解，例如，通过抵制技术系统的强烈拟人化。

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Generative AI literacy: Scale development and its influence on privacy protection behaviors and information verification behaviors 生成式人工智能素养：规模发展及其对隐私保护行为和信息验证行为的影响

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103117

Wenjia Yan , Yu-li Liu , Valeriia Mamaeva , Fang Dong , Guannan Tao , Rubing Li , Heng Yang

This study seeks to develop and validate a generative AI literacy scale, examining its influence on privacy protection and information verification behaviors. Using a mixed-methods approach that includes qualitative focus groups (n = 47) and a nationwide survey (n = 535), four essential dimensions of literacy are identified, namely, awareness, usage, evaluation, and ethics/risks. The results indicate that the scale incorporates features unique to generative AI, such as crafting effective prompts to improve performance and addressing risks related to misinformation, legal challenges, and systemic bias. Structural equation modeling reveals that awareness and ethics/risks significantly predict both privacy protection and information verification behaviors, while frequent users of generative AI are less likely to verify the information encountered. This research contributes to advancing the measurement of generative AI literacy and provides practical insights into fostering a responsible and informed adoption of generative AI technologies across diverse user groups.

本研究旨在开发和验证一种生成式人工智能素养量表，研究其对隐私保护和信息验证行为的影响。采用混合方法，包括定性焦点小组（n = 47）和全国调查（n = 535），确定了识字的四个基本维度，即意识、使用、评估和道德/风险。结果表明，该量表包含了生成式人工智能的独特功能，例如制定有效的提示以提高绩效，并解决与错误信息、法律挑战和系统性偏见相关的风险。结构方程模型显示，意识和伦理/风险显著预测隐私保护和信息验证行为，而频繁使用生成式人工智能的用户不太可能验证遇到的信息。本研究有助于推进生成人工智能素养的测量，并为促进在不同用户群体中负责任和知情地采用生成人工智能技术提供实用见解。

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Estimating the impact of Value Added Tax exemptions on smartphone penetration in Colombia using the synthetic control method 使用综合控制方法估计增值税豁免对哥伦比亚智能手机普及率的影响

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103128

Sindhura Kammardi Sachidananda , Leon Tinashe Gwaka , Christopher S. Yoo

Device affordability is one of the key barriers to Internet access and use in most low- and middle-income countries. Reducing or eliminating taxes on devices has emerged as a major way to make devices more affordable. However, the empirical evidence on the impact of tax reductions on device access remains limited. To help fill this gap, this study estimates the impact of Colombia's Value Added Tax (VAT) exemption, announced in late 2016, on smartphone penetration rates. Using the Synthetic Control Method (SCM) applied to country-level panel data from 2009 to 2021, our study finds that smartphone penetration in Colombia reached 66.8 % by the end of 2021, an increase of 7.6 percentage points over the 59.2 % level of its synthetic counterpart, which represents a 12.8 % relative increase. These results were validated through placebo tests and other robustness checks. A preliminary, illustrative cost-benefit analysis suggests that the broader economic growth driven by increased smartphone penetration could plausibly offset the VAT revenue loss over time. These findings confirm that reducing or eliminating taxes on smartphones improves smartphone penetration and contributes to bridging the digital divide. The work can be extended by exploring VAT exemptions in other countries and reductions on other forms of taxes.

在大多数低收入和中等收入国家，设备负担能力是互联网接入和使用的主要障碍之一。降低或取消设备税已成为降低设备价格的主要途径。然而，关于减税对设备获取影响的经验证据仍然有限。为了填补这一空白，本研究估计了哥伦比亚2016年底宣布的增值税豁免对智能手机普及率的影响。使用综合控制方法（SCM）对2009年至2021年的国家级面板数据进行分析，我们的研究发现，到2021年底，哥伦比亚的智能手机普及率达到66.8%，比其合成对手59.2%的水平增加了7.6个百分点，这代表了12.8%的相对增长。这些结果通过安慰剂测试和其他稳健性检查得到验证。一项初步的说明性成本效益分析表明，随着时间的推移，智能手机普及率提高所推动的更广泛的经济增长可能会合理地抵消增值税收入的损失。这些发现证实，减少或取消智能手机税可以提高智能手机的普及率，有助于弥合数字鸿沟。这项工作可以通过探索其他国家的增值税豁免和其他形式的税收减免来扩展。

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Broadband deployment and access to online banking: Does improved technology facilitate adoption? 宽带部署和网上银行的接入：改进的技术是否促进了采用？

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103113

Joan Calzada , Alejandra Pablo

This paper analyzes the impact of broadband use on online banking adoption and the contracting of online financial products in Spain between 2010 and 2022. Using survey data on household access to information and communication technologies, we assess whether high-speed broadband access facilitates adoption and whether its use narrows or, rather, reinforces existing socioeconomic divides. Results show that fixed broadband increases the probability of adopting online banking by 11.3 % and of contracting financial products online by 1.3 %. Adoption is positively associated with being male, more educated, employed, and having a higher-income, while it decreases with age. Although broadband promotes overall adoption of online banking, it also amplifies divides, with the middle-aged, better educated, and wealthier groups benefiting most, while women, older adults, and the less educated remain disadvantaged. To strengthen causal inference, we exploit a four-year panel from the same survey and use an instrumental variable strategy based on lagged broadband coverage, which confirms the positive causal effect of broadband access on adoption. These findings show that broadband expansion stimulates financial digitalization but may also exacerbate inequality, emphasizing the need for complementary digital inclusion policies.

本文分析了宽带使用对2010年至2022年间西班牙网上银行采用和网上金融产品承包的影响。利用家庭获取信息和通信技术的调查数据，我们评估高速宽带接入是否促进了采用，以及高速宽带的使用是否缩小或强化了现有的社会经济鸿沟。结果表明，固定宽带使采用网上银行的可能性提高了11.3%，使网上签约金融产品的可能性提高了1.3%。领养与男性、受教育程度高、就业和收入高呈正相关，但随着年龄的增长而下降。虽然宽带促进了网上银行的全面采用，但它也扩大了差距，中年、受教育程度较高和较富裕的群体受益最多，而妇女、老年人和受教育程度较低的群体仍然处于不利地位。为了加强因果推理，我们利用来自同一调查的四年面板，并使用基于滞后宽带覆盖的工具变量策略，这证实了宽带接入对采用的积极因果效应。这些发现表明，宽带扩张刺激了金融数字化，但也可能加剧不平等，强调需要制定补充性的数字包容性政策。

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Efficiency and effectiveness of net neutrality rules in the mobile sector: Relevant developments and state of the empirical literature 移动部门网络中立规则的效率和有效性：相关发展和经验文献的状态

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103111

Wolfgang Briglauer , Christopher Yoo

The net neutrality debate, spanning about two decades, has recently undergone revisions in the EU and the UK and encountered divergent policies in the US. These rules significantly influence market power in the ICT ecosystem, shaped by fundamental changes effected by the embrace of sector-specific regulation in the EU and the origin of the net neutrality debate in the US in the early 2000s. Notably, empirical research on the economic impact of net neutrality rules is limited despite the fact that it represents a substantial ex-ante market intervention with uncertain effects towards main market actors. Focusing on the mobile sector, we examine the effectiveness of net neutrality rules in light of key technological and regulatory developments and the efficiency of net neutrality rules in light of the empirical literature. The available empirical literature inidcates that net neutrality regulation is likely to be inefficient, implying negative welfare effects, even more so when the total regulatory costs are taken into account. In contrast, no empirical study supports the arguments of proponents. Moreover, we find that net neutrality policies imposed on only one segment of the Internet value chain have become increasingly ineffective and that EU-style net neutrality regulations will lead to substantial market uncertainties regarding 5G-based services and applications. In terms of efficiency and effectiveness, the “first best” policy recommendation would be to remove obvious over-regulation that impedes investment, such as net neutrality rules. The “second best” policy recommendation in terms of actual political feasibility is that providers of broadband Internet access services should be given more options for pricing and quality design, subject to established ex-post competition law as well as existing sectoral transparency and end-user protections. Alternatively, regulators could consider a principles-based framework subject to a limited scope of ex-ante obligations.

关于网络中立性的辩论持续了大约20年，最近在欧盟和英国经历了修订，在美国遇到了不同的政策。这些规则显著影响着ICT生态系统中的市场力量，而这些力量是由欧盟对特定行业监管的接受以及21世纪初美国网络中立性辩论的起源所带来的根本性变化所塑造的。值得注意的是，关于网络中立规则的经济影响的实证研究是有限的，尽管它代表了对主要市场参与者具有不确定影响的实质性事前市场干预。专注于移动部门，我们根据关键技术和监管发展检查网络中立规则的有效性，并根据实证文献检查网络中立规则的效率。现有的经验文献表明，网络中立性监管可能是低效的，这意味着负面的福利效应，当考虑到总监管成本时更是如此。相比之下，没有实证研究支持支持者的论点。此外，我们发现仅对互联网价值链的一个部分施加的网络中立政策已经变得越来越无效，而欧盟式的网络中立法规将导致基于5g的服务和应用的巨大市场不确定性。就效率和有效性而言，“最佳”政策建议是取消阻碍投资的明显过度监管，例如网络中立规则。就实际的政治可行性而言，“次优”的政策建议是，宽带互联网接入服务的提供商应该在定价和质量设计方面有更多的选择，但要遵守既定的事后竞争法以及现有的部门透明度和最终用户保护。或者，监管机构可以考虑一个基于原则的框架，但受制于有限范围的事前义务。

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Strategic technology competition revisited: A National Innovation System rationale for China's artificial intelligence standardisation strategy 重新审视战略技术竞争：中国人工智能标准化战略的国家创新体系理论基础

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103114

Junhua Zhu , Elina Sinkkonen , Mikael Mattlin

This article explains why and how China aims to set international standards in artificial intelligence (AI), by analysing AI standardisation's place within China's National Innovation System (NIS). Emerging technologies, such as AI, where global norms and governance institutions are yet to be established, offer greater possibilities for latecomers to set international standards. As areas of AI are general-purpose technologies, it matters what kind of standards are set, and who sets them. Building on arguments that domestic technology diffusion has become more important than innovation capacity, we contend that in strategic technology competition it is essential for great powers to diffuse their technology solutions internationally, for which standardisation is a key channel. Through a detailed analysis of China's AI innovation system, we argue that China's AI-related NIS is maturing. China has already developed national AI standards, and its standard-setting is internationalising, as our analysis of Chinese policy documents on AI standardisation shows. Lingering weaknesses in basic AI research, however, still limit the potential for Chinese firms to set de facto standards through market competition, beyond specific AI applications. Amid intense Sino-US strategic technology competition, China's possibilities to successfully pursue international committee- or government-led standardisation, and thereby technology diffusion, have also been restricted. Yet, the recent US turn away from promoting a rules-based order opens new possibilities for Chinese standardisation efforts. The Chinese government has promoted market- and firm-led standardisation around open-source solutions, while increasingly targeting its multilateral standard-setting towards the ‘Global South’, e.g. through its 2025 Action Plan for Global Artificial Intelligence Governance.

本文通过分析人工智能标准化在中国国家创新体系（NIS）中的地位，解释了中国为什么以及如何制定人工智能（AI）的国际标准。人工智能等新兴技术尚未建立全球规范和治理机制，为后发国家制定国际标准提供了更大的可能性。由于人工智能领域是通用技术，所以制定什么样的标准以及由谁制定标准都很重要。基于国内技术扩散已变得比创新能力更重要的论点，我们认为，在战略技术竞争中，大国必须在国际上传播其技术解决方案，而标准化是其中的一个关键渠道。通过对中国人工智能创新体系的详细分析，我们认为中国人工智能相关的NIS正在走向成熟。中国已经制定了国家人工智能标准，其标准制定正在国际化，正如我们对中国人工智能标准化政策文件的分析所显示的那样。然而，基础人工智能研究方面的弱点仍然限制了中国公司通过市场竞争制定事实上的标准的潜力，而不仅仅是特定的人工智能应用。在激烈的中美战略技术竞争中，中国成功追求国际委员会或政府主导的标准化，从而实现技术扩散的可能性也受到了限制。然而，最近美国放弃推动基于规则的秩序，为中国的标准化努力提供了新的可能性。中国政府推动了以市场和企业为主导的开源解决方案标准化，同时越来越多地将其多边标准制定面向“全球南方”，例如通过《2025年全球人工智能治理行动计划》。

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Big data, small answers: How the DSA Transparency Database falls short of its regulatory objectives 大数据，小答案：DSA透明度数据库如何达不到其监管目标

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103088

Samuel Groesch, Alena Birrer, Natascha Just, Florian Saurwein

The Digital Services Act (DSA) establishes a Transparency Database (DSA-TDB) and requires platforms to submit Statements of Reasons (SoRs) explaining their moderation decisions. According to the DSA, the database is intended to serve three objectives: ensuring transparency, enabling scrutiny over content-moderation decisions, and monitoring the spread of illegal content. From a communications-policy perspective, this article evaluates the DSA-TDB’s ability to meet these objectives. We go beyond data-centric analyses and critically assess the database’s design, including its reporting schema, guidelines and its data-access modalities, showing that these design choices impede the attainment of the stated objectives even before any data are analyzed. In addition, we run exploratory regressions on 3.52 billion SoRs, submitted by major social media platforms over a 20-month period, to assess whether the database can answer policy- and research-relevant questions. By analyzing restriction intensity, classification of illegality, and moderation speed, we illustrate the theoretical-analytical leverage the data could offer and how design and quality limitations constrain this potential. Mindful of data-quality constraints, the analyses assess the database’s regulatory utility rather than foreground substantive findings. Overall, while the DSA-TDB marks a step towards transparency, significant shortcomings remain: limited usability and accessibility, absence of key data for scrutiny and for monitoring the spread of illegal content, and concerns about consistency, reliability and validity of platform reporting. Consequently, the database falls short of its objectives. Alongside recommendations for improving the database, we argue for the necessity of reviewing the regulatory objectives themselves.

《数字服务法案》（DSA）建立了一个透明度数据库（DSA- tdb），并要求平台提交理由陈述（sor），解释其审核决定。根据DSA的说法，该数据库旨在实现三个目标：确保透明度，对内容审核决策进行审查，以及监控非法内容的传播。从通信策略的角度来看，本文评估了DSA-TDB实现这些目标的能力。我们超越了以数据为中心的分析，批判性地评估了数据库的设计，包括它的报告模式、指导方针和数据访问模式，表明这些设计选择甚至在分析任何数据之前就阻碍了既定目标的实现。此外，我们对主要社交媒体平台在20个月内提交的35.2亿个sor进行了探索性回归，以评估该数据库是否可以回答与政策和研究相关的问题。通过分析限制强度、非法分类和节制速度，我们说明了数据可以提供的理论分析杠杆作用，以及设计和质量限制如何限制这种潜力。考虑到数据质量的限制，分析评估了数据库的监管效用，而不是前景的实质性发现。总体而言，尽管DSA-TDB标志着向透明度迈出了一步，但仍存在重大缺陷：可用性和可访问性有限，缺乏审查和监控非法内容传播的关键数据，以及对平台报告的一致性、可靠性和有效性的担忧。因此，数据库达不到它的目标。除了改进数据库的建议外，我们还认为有必要审查监管目标本身。

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AI literacy for safe deployment: Cross-national evidence on the interaction between talent and governance 安全部署的人工智能素养：人才与治理之间相互作用的跨国证据

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103106

Jeong-Ah Park , Chang Hyun Kim , Hye-Jin Kim

This study investigates how national AI literacy and its operating environment jointly shape the frequency of AI-related incidents and hazards across countries. Drawing on cross-national panel data from 62 countries between 2014 and 2024, we integrate AI incident reports from the OECD AI Incidents Monitor with indicators from the Tortoise Global AI Index. AI literacy is proxied by the AI Talent Index, capturing the human capital available for AI development and deployment, while the AI Operating Environment Index reflects institutional and regulatory conditions supporting responsible AI use. Using a correlated random effects negative binomial model, we find that countries with higher AI literacy are associated with higher expected counts of reported AI-related incidents, consistent with greater exposure and capture. However, this relationship is significantly mitigated in countries with more mature operating environments. The interaction between AI talent and governance demonstrates a complementary risk-mitigation effect: in environments with robust safeguards, higher AI literacy leads to lower expected incident counts compared to environments with high literacy but weak governance. These findings suggest that building human capital without adequate governance may increase societal risk, and that effective AI policy must align investments in talent with regulatory infrastructure. Our results underscore the need for integrated national strategies to promote both capability and accountability in the era of rapidly advancing AI.

本研究调查了各国的人工智能素养及其运行环境如何共同影响各国人工智能相关事件和危害的频率。根据2014年至2024年间来自62个国家的跨国面板数据，我们将经合组织人工智能事件监测的人工智能事件报告与乌龟全球人工智能指数的指标相结合。人工智能素养由人工智能人才指数代表，该指数反映了可用于人工智能开发和部署的人力资本，而人工智能运营环境指数反映了支持负责任地使用人工智能的制度和监管条件。使用相关随机效应负二项模型，我们发现人工智能素养较高的国家报告的人工智能相关事件的预期数量较高，这与更多的曝光和捕获相一致。然而，在经营环境较为成熟的国家，这种关系明显减弱。人工智能人才和治理之间的相互作用表明了一种互补的风险缓解效应：在具有强大保障措施的环境中，与具有高素养但治理薄弱的环境相比，较高的人工智能素养会导致较低的预期事件计数。这些研究结果表明，在没有适当治理的情况下建设人力资本可能会增加社会风险，有效的人工智能政策必须使人才投资与监管基础设施保持一致。我们的研究结果强调，在人工智能快速发展的时代，需要制定综合的国家战略，以促进能力和问责制。

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Triple Helix Synergy Model in China's new technology diplomacy: Perspectives from AI startups 中国新技术外交中的三螺旋协同模式：来自人工智能创业公司的视角

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103079

Yujun Lin , Yuqi Lin , Junbo Liu , Zhaoyang Tan , Weihang Han

Although new technology diplomacy and China's AI rise have drawn attention, academic research on the Chinese innovation ecosystem from the perspective of AI startups remains limited. This paper explores China's new technology diplomacy by proposing a Triple Helix Synergy Model (THSM), to analyze the dynamic interplay among government, industry, and academia in advancing AI innovation and geopolitical influence. Based on in-depth qualitative interviews with 23 AI startup executives, the analysis elucidates the structure of China's new technology diplomacy, highlighting the government's role as an ecosystem architect through multi-level governance, industries as conduits for global market expansion and standardization diplomacy, and universities as hubs for technological breakthroughs and international talent circulation. The discussion illustrates how the THSM, through strategic hybridization, aligns innovation with geopolitical goals to enhance ecosystem resilience. THSM represents a Chinese mode that strategically coordinates state, industry, and academia to integrate technological advancement with diplomatic objectives.

尽管新技术外交和中国人工智能的崛起引起了人们的关注，但从人工智能创业公司的角度对中国创新生态系统的学术研究仍然有限。本文通过提出三螺旋协同模型（Triple Helix Synergy Model， THSM）来探讨中国的新技术外交，分析政府、行业和学术界在推进人工智能创新和地缘政治影响方面的动态相互作用。基于对23位人工智能创业公司高管的深度定性访谈，该分析阐明了中国新技术外交的结构，强调了政府通过多层次治理作为生态系统架构师的角色，产业作为全球市场扩张和标准化外交的渠道，以及大学作为技术突破和国际人才流动的枢纽。讨论说明了THSM如何通过战略杂交，将创新与地缘政治目标结合起来，以增强生态系统的弹性。THSM代表了国家、产业和学术战略协调，将技术进步与外交目标相结合的中国模式。

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