Configuration Study of the Antecedents of Innovation Willingness and Innovation Output of Chinese Firms
Based on three levels and six conditions of regional financial development level,intellec-tual property protection,market concentration,enterprise size,enterprise age,and enterprise nature,this study analyzes the antecedent configuration that leads to high innovation willingness,high ex-ploitative innovation,and high exploratory innovation listed and non-high-tech enterprises in China.Through the analysis of antecedent configuration,findings show that:there is no significant positive correlation between innovation willingness and innovation output;The heterogeneity of enterprises,industries,and regions jointly plays a role in the willingness to innovate and innovation output;The size of enterprises has a strong explanatory power in terms of innovation output,but there is incon-sistency in the willingness of enterprises to innovate;In a configuration with high innovation willing-ness,market concentration has a substitute relationship with financial development and intellectual property protection.
innovation willingnessutilization innovationexploratory innovationfuzzy set qual-itative comparative analysis(fsQCA)