Identifying interrelationships among factors affecting innovation archetypes: the case of China. Issue 4 (27th November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Al-Sayed, Rafif; Yang, Jianhua
• Is Part Of: International journal of innovation science. Volume 12:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 409
• Page End: 432
• Publication Date: 2020-11-27
• Subjects: Innovation ecosystem -- Chinese technological innovation -- Innovation archetype -- Innovation capacity; Creative thinking -- Periodicals; Creative ability -- Periodicals; Creative ability in business -- Periodicals; Creative ability in technology -- Periodicals; Technological innovations -- Periodicals; 153.35
• DOI: 10.1108/IJIS-04-2020-0040
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-2223

Abstract

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.