Configuring innovative societies: A crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties
The study aims to explore why some societies are more innovative than others in high-technology sectors. Following a crossvergence perspective, we generate nine causal conditions by accommodating both cultural and institutional varieties: uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, individualism and power d...
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| author | Fan, David Li, Y. Chen, L. |
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| description | The study aims to explore why some societies are more innovative than others in high-technology sectors. Following a crossvergence perspective, we generate nine causal conditions by accommodating both cultural and institutional varieties: uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, individualism and power distance as culture indicators, and union density, skill development, market capitalization to credit, prevalence of cluster and state dominance as institutional indicators. Applying the configurational approach, we conducted fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) on Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries. We confirm the equal importance of both cultural and institutional mechanisms as contributors to national innovativeness, and identify equifinal configurations of cultural and institutional varieties as leading to a high-tech society. The implication is that a society can adjust or develop various cultural and/or institutional conditions to maintain or create leadership in innovation. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-534162020-06-02T00:39:01Z Configuring innovative societies: A crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties Fan, David Li, Y. Chen, L. The study aims to explore why some societies are more innovative than others in high-technology sectors. Following a crossvergence perspective, we generate nine causal conditions by accommodating both cultural and institutional varieties: uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, individualism and power distance as culture indicators, and union density, skill development, market capitalization to credit, prevalence of cluster and state dominance as institutional indicators. Applying the configurational approach, we conducted fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) on Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries. We confirm the equal importance of both cultural and institutional mechanisms as contributors to national innovativeness, and identify equifinal configurations of cultural and institutional varieties as leading to a high-tech society. The implication is that a society can adjust or develop various cultural and/or institutional conditions to maintain or create leadership in innovation. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53416 10.1016/j.technovation.2017.05.003 Elsevier fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Fan, David Li, Y. Chen, L. Configuring innovative societies: A crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties |
| title | Configuring innovative societies: A crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties |
| title_full | Configuring innovative societies: A crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties |
| title_fullStr | Configuring innovative societies: A crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties |
| title_full_unstemmed | Configuring innovative societies: A crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties |
| title_short | Configuring innovative societies: A crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties |
| title_sort | configuring innovative societies: a crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53416 |