Technological Innovation Adoption in Manufacturing Sector: The Moderator Role of Government Support

A national strategy has been deployed for the development of China’s western region. The Chengdu–Chongqing city cluster is an important platform for collaborative regional innovation. In this empirical study, we constructed multilevel innovation networks for each of the 16 cities in the Chengdu–Chongqing city cluster and the inter-city networks for these 16 cities based on a panel of data on applications for invention patents by industry–university–research collaborators in the city cluster. We used social network analysis and a negative binomial regression model with fixed effects to examine the impact of the multilevel innovation networks on the innovation performance of the 16 cities. The moderating effect of government support was also analyzed. The results show that the average weighted degree of the intra-city innovation network has significant positive effects on the innovation performance of the 16 cities. For the inter-city innovation networks, the network density and cooperation intensity have significant positive effects on the innovation performance of the 16 cities. Regarding the moderating effect, our results show that a high level of government support enhances the positive effects of the average weighted degree of the intra-city innovation networks and the network density of the inter-city innovation networks on the innovation performance.

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Factors Affect the Social Responsibility Among Universities in Saudi Arabia: The Role of Government Support

Al-Samhan

2022

Wseas Transactions on Business and Economics

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Research into Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) focused on business organizations in developed countries. The purpose of this research is to examine the factors that affect the CSR in public universities in Saudi Arabia. Building on stakeholder theory and transformational leadership (TL) theory, this study proposed that TL and its dimension will have a significant effect on CSR. Training is expected to affect CSR and mediate the effect of TL on CSR. Government support (GS) is expected to moderate the effect of TL on CSR. Data was collected from 319 academic staff in eight public universities in Saudi Arabia. The data was analysed using Smart PLS. The findings showed that TL and training affected the CSR. All the dimensions of TL have significant effects except for the individualized consideration. Training mediated the effect of TL on CSR while GS moderated the effect of TL on CSR. Decision makers are recommended to implement effective training and TL style. Government support is critical for improving the role of CSR by universities.

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Technological Innovation Adoption in Manufacturing Sector: The Moderator Role of Government Support

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Impact of Innovation and Government Support on the Business Performance of SMEs in Oman

Impact of Innovation and Government Support on the Business Performance of SMEs in Oman

The Impact of a Multilevel Innovation Network and Government Support on Innovation Performance—An Empirical Study of the Chengdu–Chongqing City Cluster

Factors Affect the Social Responsibility Among Universities in Saudi Arabia: The Role of Government Support

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