Research on Regional Collaborative Network Innovation and Enterprises’ Innovation Performance in the Sustainable Development of Yangtze River Delta, China

Abstract

As one of the most dynamic and sustainable economic regions in China, Yangtze River Delta has been forming an innovation cluster of high-quality development. To explore the driving force during the integration of Yangtze River Delta, this article constructs a driving force model and makes an empirical study by the structural equation modeling method. The model proves that heterogeneity knowledge will positively affect innovation, that innovation performance has a strong positive impact on regional collaborative network innovation, that regional collaborative network innovation exerts a positive effect on knowledge spillover, and that organizational learning can affect innovation performance positively. Based on the above research results, some recommendations are proposed. Those recommendations consist of: (a) to forge a dynamic sustainable and innovative regional collaborative network system lay a foundation of high-quality development; (b) while the two driving forces of heterogeneity knowledge and organizational learning activated, the indices of enterprise innovation performance should be optimized.

Business environment, technological innovation and government intervention: influences on high-quality economic development

“…Hence, it is widely applied in the evaluation of business environment index. In addition, some missing values are supplemented by interpolation.Control variables: Referring to existing research (Sun et al ., 2014; Wang et al ., 2022a, b), this paper selects opening to the outside world (Open), human capital stock (Edu), industrial structure (Indu) and infrastructure development level (Infrast) as control variables. Among them, Open is measured by the proportion of total imports and exports in the regional GDP; Edu is measured by the per capita years of education; Indu is measured by the proportion of the tertiary industry in GDP; and Infrast is measured by the proportion of fixed asset investment in GDP.Mediating variable: technological innovation.…”