How New Quality Productive Forces Drive SMEs’ Collaborative Innovation Performance in China?

Xinxiang Gao; Jiawen Yu; Xiaoyi Liu; Lili Xiao

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v10i33.7297

Authors

Xinxiang Gao School of Financial and Management, Sichuan University of Arts and Science
Jiawen Yu School of Chinese and International Education, Guangzhou International Economics College, Guangzhou, China; Faculty of Education, Language, Psychology, and Music, SEGi University, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Xiaoyi Liu School of Financial and Management, Sichuan University of Arts and Science, Dazhou, China; Faculty of Business Administration, City University of Malaysia, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Lili Xiao Office of Science and Technology, Sichuan University of Arts and Science, Dazhou, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v10i33.7297

Keywords:

New Quality Productive Forces, Collaborative Innovation Performance, Digital Transformation, SMEs

Abstract

This study focuses on the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle, a key area in China’s national regional integration strategy, to examine how new quality productive forces (NQPF) and digital transformation (DT) affect the collaborative innovation performance (CIP) of SMEs. Based on dynamic capability and collaborative innovation theory, this study employs a purposive sampling strategy and conducts a cross-sectional questionnaire survey among 314 SMEs. The findings reveal that NQPF significantly enhances CIP and has a positive impact on DT; meanwhile, DT directly promotes CIP, DT mediates the relationship between NQPF and CIP. This study includes recommendations, limitations and future research prospects.

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