Enhancing the energy level of regional digital innovation ecosystems: A configuration perspective
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Regional digital innovation ecosystems thrive not from single architects, but from core actors and digital infrastructure. Multiple pathways, driven by these core elements, lead to high ecosystem energy levels.
Area Of Science
- Innovation Studies
- Regional Science
- Digital Economy
Background
- Innovation ecosystems are crucial for regional development.
- Understanding the drivers of high-performing digital innovation ecosystems is essential.
- The role of 'architects' and their configurations in ecosystem energy levels requires further investigation.
Purpose Of The Study
- To introduce and analyze the concept of 'energy level' in regional digital innovation ecosystems.
- To identify key architects and examine their configuration effects on ecosystem energy levels.
- To explore the causal relationships and pathways leading to high ecosystem energy.
Main Methods
- Utilized Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) and Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA).
- Analyzed data from 30 Chinese provinces on internal architects, external architects, and digital innovation habitats.
- Examined the configuration effects on the 'energy level' of digital innovation ecosystems.
Main Results
- Individual architects have limited impact and are not necessary conditions for high ecosystem energy.
- Core innovation actors and digital infrastructures are identified as significant core conditions.
- Multiple concurrent causal relationships and asymmetric 'multiple paths to the same outcome' were observed.
Conclusions
- High energy levels in regional digital innovation ecosystems are achieved through specific configurations, primarily 'core actor-infrastructure'-driven paths.
- The study highlights the importance of synergistic interactions over isolated contributions of architects.
- Findings offer theoretical and practical insights for cultivating robust regional digital innovation ecosystems.
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