Journal of Northeastern University(Natural Science) ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (11): 1640-1649.DOI: 10.12068/j.issn.1005-3026.2021.11.017

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Influence of “Government-Industry-University” Cooperation on Entrepreneurial Activity:Qualitative Comparative Analysis from the Perspective of Triple Helix

JIA Jian-feng1, LIU Wei-peng1, ZHANG Wei-guo2   

  1. 1. School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China; 2. School of Public Administration, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006, China.
  • Revised:2021-04-02 Accepted:2021-04-02 Published:2021-11-19
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Abstract: To explore the complex causal mechanism that affects the differences in entrepreneurial activity among regions, based on the triple helix theory, the configuration thinking and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) method are used to integrate six conditional variables at three levels of government-industry-university. Results found that: any single element of government-industry-university does not constitute a necessary condition for high entrepreneurial activity in regions, and regions have not increased entrepreneurial activity in accordance with a certain fixed pattern. The driving mechanism of high entrepreneurial activity can be divided into three paths: “government-university” coordination-driven path, “government-industry” coordination-driven path and “industry-university” coordination-driven path. At present, no region uses the perfect synergy of “government-industry-university” to achieve high entrepreneurial activity, and it is limited to the coordinated operation of the two.

Key words: entrepreneurial activity; triple helix; QCA(qualitative comparative analysis); government-industry-university; cooperation entrepreneurship

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