Configuration Paths of Business Environment Ecology Promoting Total Factor Productivity Improvement in Sports Industry:Taking the Yangtze River Delta City Cluster as an Example
Optimizing the business environment is a necessary condition to promote the total factor productivity of sports industry.Based on the ecosystem theory and the cross-section data of 26 cities in the Yangtze River Delta city cluster in 2021,this study uses the DEA-SBM model to measure the total factor productivity(TFP)of sports industry,and empirically analyzes the configuration paths of the seven antecedents of the urban business environment ecology improving the TFP with fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis(fsQCA).It is found that the core conditions of the business environment ecology of the Yangtze River Delta city cluster,such as legal environment,governmental environment,human resources,innovation environment and financial services,come into"multicausal combined action",which forms three equivalent paths to promote the TFP of sports industry including"governmental environment+legal environment"joint guarantee type,"governmental environment+financial services"balanced promotion type and"human resources+innovation environment"synergistic driving type.Based on this,it is proposed to consolidate the cornerstone role of legal environment and innovate the patterns of industry supervision;to deepen the reform of"streamlining administration and delegate power,improving regulation,and upgrading services"in sports industry and optimize the governmental services;and to establish the cooperation framework of"sports+finance"and strengthen the coupling effects of"innovation+human resources",etc.
business environmentregional sports industryhigh-quality developmentYangtze River Delta city clusterfuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis(fsQCA)