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| The Driving Path of Enterprise Original Innovation: A Configuration Analysis Based on TOE Framework |
| Zeng Jingwei1,Li Baizhou2,Song Peng3,Wang Xin1 |
| (1.School of Business Administration, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang 330032, China;2.School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China;3.School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China) |
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Abstract How to promote enterprises to actively carry out original innovation and accelerate the breakthrough of core key technologies in relevant fields is a key issue in the cultivation of China's innovation ability. In order to solve this problem, scholars have explored and analyzed the influencing factors of enterprise original innovation. However, most studies only explore from certain factors, without considering the joint action of multi-level factors. In fact, the original innovation of enterprises needs the joint action of multi-level elements. Therefore,this paper discusses the impact of technical factors, organizational factors and environmental factors of the original innovation of enterprises based on the TOE theoretical model, and uses the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis method to analyze the configuration effect among the factors.#br#Firstly, the paper systematically reviews the research on enterprise original innovation and TOE theory framework. According to the characteristics of enterprise original innovation, the paper selects the technical ability and technical management ability as the representative variables on the technical level, the original innovation atmosphere and executive support as the representative variables on the organizational level, and the market orientation and policy orientation as the representative variables on the environmental level. Then it constructs the TOE research framework of enterprise original innovation.#br#Secondly, the paper uses the method of questionnaire survey for empirical analysis. The empirical test is carried out with the questionnaire data of 206 enterprises. The study tests the reliability and validity of the questionnaire, and uses the method of fsQCA to analyze the configuration effect of variables. The results show that there are five antecedent configuration paths to realize high-level enterprise original innovation: the technology management and original innovation atmosphere driven path under the dominant of technology and market; the technology and market pluralism path combining policy, top management support and technology management; original innovation atmosphere and policy driven path under the guidance of technology and market; the technology dominant path combining policy, technology management and organizational factors; the market leading path combining technology management, original innovation atmosphere and top management support. The complementary substitution relationship among technology, organization and environment is also found in the configuration path of high enterprise original innovation. Moreover there are two antecedent configuration paths for non-high enterprise original innovation. The two paths include non-high technology capability, non-high top management support, non-high market orientation and non-high policy orientation, which indicates that the lack of technology, organization and environment leads to non-high performance of enterprise original innovation.〖HJ*3〗#br#Finally, the study defines the differentiated driving path of enterprise original innovation, opens the black box of enterprise original innovation driving path, and provides an important basis for realizing enterprise original innovation. #br#This study proposes the TOE analysis framework of enterprise original innovation, widens the application scenario of TOE framework and helps to refine the dynamic matching effect of elements on different levels. It systematically integrates the factors on the three levels of technology, organization and environment, and makes up for the limitation of the lack of linkage between multi-level factors within the TOE framework. In addition, the study finds the multiple concurrent causality of enterprise original innovation and the complementary substitution relationship of multi-level elements of technology, organization and environment among different configuration paths.#br#For enterprises they should pay attention to three aspects on the original innovation. Firstly the enterprises should choose the appropriate original innovation path based on their situation, which will help to better realize the emergence of original innovation and effectively avoid the failure of original innovation. Secondly they should actively create an original innovation atmosphere, enhance the strategic height of original innovation, fully explore and explore market dynamics, improve the fit between enterprise development and government policies, and realize the joint force of multi-level elements. Thirdly the government should guide enterprises to continuously enhance their technological strength, strengthen the interaction with enterprises, build policy combination advantages, ensure the technological accumulation of enterprise original innovation, and continuously stimulate enterprises' original innovation willingness.#br#
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Received: 30 August 2021
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