企业家进行创新的目标在于获取丰厚的利润。而利润的获取方式有多种:依靠创新取得独有的技术和知识产权是一种;通过游说政府取得专营牌照和资源的行政垄断权也是一种。企业家选择寻租或创新取决于他们所处社会和市场环境的激励和约束。公正公平的市场规则和良好的产权保护制度可以大大强化企业家的创新激励,但在行政主导型的社会中,企业家取得政策性资源可能更有利于获取更大的利润。而在中国,相当多的领域仍面临着“找市场不如找市长”的困惑,使得这些领域的企业家更愿意去寻求 Entrepreneurship innovation goal is to get huge profits. There are many ways of obtaining profits: relying on innovation to acquire unique technologies and intellectual property rights is one type; administrative monopoly power through lobbying the government to obtain monopoly licenses and resources is also one. Entrepreneurs choose rent-seeking or innovation depends on the incentives and constraints of their social and market environment. Fair and equitable market rules and a good property protection system can greatly enhance entrepreneurial innovation incentives, but in an executive-led society, entrepreneurs obtain policy resources may be more conducive to obtain greater profits. In China, quite a few areas are still confronted with the confusion of “looking for a market to find a mayor”, which makes entrepreneurs in these fields more willing to seek