Redai dili (Jul 2024)
Spatial Evolution and Determinants of Innovation Ecosystem Resilience in the Pearl River Delta: From the Perspective of Knowledge Complexity
Abstract
Knowledge complexity affects the heterogeneity of knowledge production and flow and has a considerable impact on the resilience evolution of regional innovation ecosystems. To explore the impact mechanism of knowledge complexity on regional innovation ecosystem resilience, we constructed a framework for measuring regional innovation ecosystem resilience from three dimensions: stability, adaptability, and transformability. We also explored the spatial evolution of innovation ecosystem resilience in the Pearl River Delta from 2010 to 2020 and the impact of knowledge complexity on regional innovation ecosystem resilience. Research has shown that: 1) knowledge complexity affects system resilience through the diversity of knowledge subset types, interdependence between subsets, and knowledge space stickiness, absorption, and competition effects; 2) from 2010 to 2020, the resilience of the innovation ecosystem in the Pearl River Delta has significantly improved, gradually forming a spatial pattern with Shenzhen and Guangzhou as the core, with high resilience in the central region and low resilience in the eastern and western regions. The difference in resilience between the central, western, and eastern regions is becoming increasingly significant; 3) The spatial pattern of different resilience dimensions shows higher stability and adaptability in the central region, higher transformability in the eastern region, and lower resilience in all three dimensions in the western region. The stability shows a stable structure of "high in the central region and low in the eastern and western regions," the adaptability shows a stable structure of "high in the central north and central eastern regions, low in the central southern, eastern and western regions," the transformability shows a development trend from "high in the central and eastern regions, and low in the western region" to "high in the central eastern and eastern regions, and low in the central western and western regions"; and 4) Knowledge complexity has a significant positive effect on the innovation ecosystem resilience in the Pearl River Delta, with a significant positive and negative impact on system's stability and adaptability and transformability, respectively. Knowledge complexity has a significant positive impact on innovation ecosystem resilience in the Pearl River Delta by promoting industrial structure upgrading, technological progress, and policy environment optimization. Analyzing the resilience differences and imbalanced evolution of the innovation ecosystem in the Pearl River Delta from the perspective of knowledge complexity can provide new methods and empirical evidence for exploring the impact of heterogeneity in knowledge production and flow on regional resilience evolution and theoretical construction. It can also provide a practical reference for local governments to introduce resilience governance goals for innovative ecosystems based on regional knowledge development capabilities and formulate targeted resilience enhancement strategies.
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