Research on Innovation Capability of Regional Innovation System Based on Fuzzy-set QCA algorithm: Evidence from China
Zhenyu Huang · 2022 3rd International Conference on Education, Knowledge and Information Management (ICEKIM) · 2022
Since the 21st century, regional innovation system (RIS) has become an important strategy for the construction of national innovation capability. Innovation driven development is China's national strategy to meet the challenges at home and abroad, and studying the innovation capability (IC) of RIS is significance for China to implement this strategy. Taking 31 RISs in China as cases, fussy-set QCA (fsQCA) algorithm is adopted to analyze the synergy between IC and condition variables of RIS, and the findings are as follow: (1) High R&D personnel (RDP), R&D expenditure (RDE) and the number of patent applications (NPA) are the necessary conditions for high IC. (2) Low RDP, RDE and NPA are the necessary conditions for low IC. (3) There are two configuration paths for High IC: the path of high innovation capability based on independent development and the path of high innovation capability based on market trading. (4) There is one configuration path of Low IC: the path of low innovation capability based on low RDP, RDE and NPA. The findings of this study will help to deepen the understanding of the sustainable development path and driving mechanism of RIS.