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

Shunlin Wang; Yifang Chen

doi:10.54691/bcpbm.v18i.571

Authors

Shunlin Wang
Yifang Chen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/bcpbm.v18i.571

Keywords:

regional collaborative network innovation, innovation performance, sustainable, high-quality, SEM

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.

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