Study on the Configuration Effect of University Participation in Regional Technological Innovation under the Five-Spiral Framework
Universities are the key driving force for promoting regional technological innovation and industrial transformation,playing a supportive and leading role in the regional technological innovation system.Using the five-spiral innovation theoretical framework,the key factors were clarified such as government support,industrial base,academic ability,public demand and innovation environment,and an analysis was made on the antecedent conditions and interaction effects that affect universities'participation in regional science and technology innovation.By comparing the configuration effect of 31 provinces in China and combining NCA and fsQCA methods,it is found that university participation in regional science and technology innovation has the characteristics of"multiple concurrency".There is no absolute optimal path for universities to participate in regional science and technology innovation,but only relative optimal path,and there are differences and equivalence among different driving paths.Different configurations among government support,industrial base,academic ability,public demand and innovation environment form three high regional science and technology innovation paths and four non-high regional science and technol-ogy innovation paths.The three high regional science and technology innovation paths are government-in-dustry-academic-public-orientation,government-industry-public-environment-orientation,and industry-academic-public-environment-orientation.The four non-high regional scientific and technological inno-vation paths are the lack of industry,the lack of government environment,the lack of government environ-ment and the lack of academic environment.Among them,the coordination function of the government organization,the sustained and stable public participation mechanism and the large-scale innovation environ-ment within the region effectively promote the structural fit between the internal innovation activities of col-leges and universities and the overall factor resources of the region,and enhance the equivalent conversion opportunities between different driving paths.Therefore,according to the characteristics of regional resource endowment and the development characteristics of colleges and universities,different regions should scientifi-cally adjust the"collaborative embedment"relationship of colleges and universities in the regional science and technology innovation system,further improve the new national system,give full play to the advantages of science and education cooperation,enhance the ability of colleges and universities to export knowledge capital,and continuously activate the public innovation gene and regional innovation potential energy.Therefore,the combined optimization of multiple conditions under the five-helix framework is realized.
regional technological innovationuniversity participationfive-spiral frameworkfuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis