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The moderating role of collaborative capacity in the relationship between ecological niche-fitness and innovation investment: an ecosystem perspective

Yan Zhao et al.

International Journal of Technology Management2025https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtm.2025.143588article
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Abstract

The manufacturing supply chain in China has moved to a new form of innovation ecosystem with a novel characteristic of multi-agent collaboration. According to this new phenomenon, we integrate the ecological niche perspective with the theory of institutional economics to explore the impact mechanism among ecological niche-fitness, collaborative capacity and innovation investment in China's high-tech manufacturing sector. With panel data from 2011 to 2020, our results show a U-shaped nonlinear relationship between ecological niche-fitness and industry innovation scale, and a positive impact of ecological niche-fitness on innovation investment intensity. The economic development level has moderating effects on these relationships, and the association between ecological niche-fitness and innovation investment scale is moderated by collaborative capability. Theoretically, we enrich the innovation literature by incorporating ecological niche-fitness into the context of innovative ecosystem. We also provide important managerial implications for regional governments to regulate innovation ecosystems and promote industrial innovation.

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@article{yan2025,
  title        = {{The moderating role of collaborative capacity in the relationship between ecological niche-fitness and innovation investment: an ecosystem perspective}},
  author       = {Yan Zhao et al.},
  journal      = {International Journal of Technology Management},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtm.2025.143588},
}

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