How Do Clusters Drive Firm Performance in the Regional Innovation System? A Causal Complexity Analysis in Chinese Strategic Emerging Industries-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

How Do Clusters Drive Firm Performance in the Regional Innovation System? A Causal Complexity Analysis in Chinese Strategic Emerging Industries

Published:2023-05-06 Issue:5 Volume:11 Page:229
ISSN:2079-8954
Container-title:Systems
language:en
Short-container-title:Systems

Author:

Zhao Liangjie¹,Liang Yan²^ORCID,Tu Haojie¹

Affiliation:

1. Business School, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China

2. School of Science, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, Guanghan 618307, China

Abstract

From a configurational perspective, this study aims to explain how clusters drive firm performance in the regional innovation system by considering the relationship between cluster and firm performance as causal complexity. Using an original dataset comprising 292 Chinese firms in strategic emerging industries (SEIs), this study employs a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to investigate the conjunction effects of interorganizational dependence, network embeddedness, and ambidextrous innovation on cluster firms’ performance. The results showed that the fsQCA method uncovers causal combinations of these cluster factors that lead to high performance. These configurations imply two alternative pathways to enhance performance, where exploitative innovation is identified as the core causal condition.

Funder

Humanities and Social Science Research Fund of the Ministry of Education of China

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Information Systems and Management,Computer Networks and Communications,Modeling and Simulation,Control and Systems Engineering,Software

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/11/5/229/pdf

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