Configuring innovative societies: The crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties

The study aims to explore why some societies are more innovative than others in high-technology sectors. Following a crossvergence perspective, we generate nine causal conditions by accommodating both cultural and institutional varieties: uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, individualism and power d...

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Main Authors: FAN, Di, LI, Yi, CHEN, Liang
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-82892023-10-26T06:24:23Z Configuring innovative societies: The crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties FAN, Di LI, Yi CHEN, Liang The study aims to explore why some societies are more innovative than others in high-technology sectors. Following a crossvergence perspective, we generate nine causal conditions by accommodating both cultural and institutional varieties: uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, individualism and power distance as culture indicators, and union density, skill development, market capitalization to credit, prevalence of cluster and state dominance as institutional indicators. Applying the configurational approach, we conducted fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) on Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries. We confirm the equal importance of both cultural and institutional mechanisms as contributors to national innovativeness, and identify equifinal configurations of cultural and institutional varieties as leading to a high-tech society. The implication is that a society can adjust or develop various cultural and/or institutional conditions to maintain or create leadership in innovation. 2017-08-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7290 info:doi/10.1016/j.technovation.2017.05.003 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8289/viewcontent/ConfiguringInnovativeSoc_av.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Innovation Cultural dimensions Comparative institutional varieties Crossvergence Fuzzy set methods Organizational Behavior and Theory Strategic Management Policy Technology and Innovation
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
continent Asia
country Singapore
Singapore
content_provider SMU Libraries
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language English
topic Innovation
Cultural dimensions
Comparative institutional varieties
Crossvergence
Fuzzy set methods
Organizational Behavior and Theory
Strategic Management Policy
Technology and Innovation
spellingShingle Innovation
Cultural dimensions
Comparative institutional varieties
Crossvergence
Fuzzy set methods
Organizational Behavior and Theory
Strategic Management Policy
Technology and Innovation
FAN, Di
LI, Yi
CHEN, Liang
Configuring innovative societies: The crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties
description The study aims to explore why some societies are more innovative than others in high-technology sectors. Following a crossvergence perspective, we generate nine causal conditions by accommodating both cultural and institutional varieties: uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, individualism and power distance as culture indicators, and union density, skill development, market capitalization to credit, prevalence of cluster and state dominance as institutional indicators. Applying the configurational approach, we conducted fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) on Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries. We confirm the equal importance of both cultural and institutional mechanisms as contributors to national innovativeness, and identify equifinal configurations of cultural and institutional varieties as leading to a high-tech society. The implication is that a society can adjust or develop various cultural and/or institutional conditions to maintain or create leadership in innovation.
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author FAN, Di
LI, Yi
CHEN, Liang
author_facet FAN, Di
LI, Yi
CHEN, Liang
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title Configuring innovative societies: The crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties
title_short Configuring innovative societies: The crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties
title_full Configuring innovative societies: The crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties
title_fullStr Configuring innovative societies: The crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties
title_full_unstemmed Configuring innovative societies: The crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties
title_sort configuring innovative societies: the crossvergent role of cultural and institutional varieties
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2017
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7290
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8289/viewcontent/ConfiguringInnovativeSoc_av.pdf
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