...Liang Wang; Yikun Ni; Yue Zhao; Yan Chen Purpose Innovation is vital for sustainable regional development. Government is generally not a source of innovation per se, but the authors shows that by establishing and funding an industrial innovation ecosystem, it can create fertile conditions...

... and higher SC are more efficient in innovation because of their advantage in low switching cost and better coordinative adaptability, respectively. Originality/value The study complements the innovation ecosystem literature by using SC to represent the structure of the interdependence between firms...