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A Configurational Approach to Innovation Persistence of Firms

Qiaoling Zhang

Abstract


How more firms innovate and can be persistent innovators has been of great interests for both scholars and public policy makers.
Previous research focus on the analysis of the average effects of the antecedents that influence innovation persistence, while the interaction
effects of distinct drivers are poorly understood. Using the set-theoretic configurational perspective, this study extends the literature by highlights the antecedent configuration of innovation persistence of firms. Results show that the presence of exhaustion is indeed characterized by
equifinality, and three equifinal configurations were sufficient for innovation persistence of firms: endogenous-driving innovation persistence,
policy-driving innovation persistence, compound-driving innovation persistence.

Keywords


Innovation persistence; Innovation policy; Configurational theory

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/memf.v2i6.6905

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