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Identifying interrelationships among factors affecting innovation archetypes: the case of China

Rafif Al-Sayed (University of Science and Technology Beijing, USTB, Beijing, China)
Jianhua Yang (University of Science and Technology Beijing, USTB, Beijing, China)

International Journal of Innovation Science

ISSN: 1757-2223

Article publication date: 25 November 2020

Issue publication date: 4 December 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims at studying the concept of innovation ecosystems and investigating the factors affecting them based on their interrelationships with respect to different innovation archetypes.

Design/methodology/approach

The methodology is based on using multivariate statistical analysis of the inter-correlations among a number of variables which led to extracting a reduced set of new significant factors that affect China’s innovation ecosystem.

Findings

The results showed that innovation archetypes differ significantly with respect to the majority of the new factors.

Practical implications

Through identifying these challenges, decision-makers can develop a better understanding of the variables affecting each archetype of innovation and act accordingly.

Originality/value

The study is the first to fill the gap of addressing a large number of variables affecting innovation and analyzing their interrelationships.

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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgement: Science Fund Base Project of Beijing, China, No. 19JDGLA001; National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC Project 71602008,71871016: University of Science and Technology Beijing.

Citation

Al-Sayed, R. and Yang, J. (2020), "Identifying interrelationships among factors affecting innovation archetypes: the case of China", International Journal of Innovation Science, Vol. 12 No. 4, pp. 409-432. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJIS-04-2020-0040

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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