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

• Main Authors: FAN, Di, LI, Yi, CHEN, Liang
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Innovation; Cultural dimensions; Comparative institutional varieties; Crossvergence; Fuzzy set methods; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Strategic Management Policy; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7290; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8289/viewcontent/ConfiguringInnovativeSoc_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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...