Abstract
The electric vehicle (EV) industry has made significant progress in practice, yet persistent technology bottlenecks impede its continuous progress. Collaborative innovation has emerged as a promising strategy to tackle these bottlenecks. To explore collaborative innovation within the EV sector, this study constructed EV collaborative innovation networks using patent data from 2009 to 2023 and applied the quadratic assignment procedure (QAP) to explore the internal mechanism of EV collaborative innovation networks. Furthermore, fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) was employed to investigate the configurations for the realization of breakthrough innovation. The results show that (1) state-owned enterprises, along with universities and research institutions are crucial within the EV collaborative innovation network. Among them, state-owned enterprises play the most critical role. (2) Geographical proximity and institutional proximity positively impact the formation of EV collaborative innovation networks, while the effects of organizational proximity are insignificant. (3) Two pathways are identified for the realization of breakthrough innovation of innovation actors, with all proximity variables acting as core conditions in these pathways. This research engages in a dialogue between collaborative innovation networks and breakthrough innovation and enriches relevant theories and literature on this topic. Besides, this study provides practical implications for innovation actors to select collaborative partners and take tailored pathways for the realization of breakthrough innovations in the EV industry.
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