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<p>Although innovation policies are widely implemented to stimulate regional development, their effects on interregional collaborative innovation and how intergovernmental network structures shape such effects remain understudied. This research investigates the impact of China’s National Innovative City Pilot Policy (NICPP) on intercity collaborative innovation (ICI), with a specific focus on the moderating roles of different types of intergovernmental networks. Using a dyadic data set of 210 city-pairs in Guangdong (2004–2022) and a dynamic difference-in-differences design, we found that the NICPP significantly enhanced ICI, a pattern consistent with the policy acting as a coordination mechanism. This effect was primarily driven by incentivizing cross‑jurisdictional collaboration among industrial firms. Further moderating analyses revealed that hierarchical leadership transfer networks and self-organized learning networks significantly enhanced the policy’s impact, while counterpart-assistance networks exerted no significant moderating effect; moreover, the policy’s impact varied by collaboration type, with self-organized networks facilitating firm-to-firm collaboration, and hierarchical networks supporting university-industry collaborations. These findings underscore the importance of network-aware and context-sensitive policy design in governance for innovation.</p>

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Networked governance for innovation: how intergovernmental networks shape policy-driven collaborative innovation in China

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    2026年7月17日

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  • Zhenbo Zhang,
  • Ying Lu,
  • Zhao Yan

摘要

Although innovation policies are widely implemented to stimulate regional development, their effects on interregional collaborative innovation and how intergovernmental network structures shape such effects remain understudied. This research investigates the impact of China’s National Innovative City Pilot Policy (NICPP) on intercity collaborative innovation (ICI), with a specific focus on the moderating roles of different types of intergovernmental networks. Using a dyadic data set of 210 city-pairs in Guangdong (2004–2022) and a dynamic difference-in-differences design, we found that the NICPP significantly enhanced ICI, a pattern consistent with the policy acting as a coordination mechanism. This effect was primarily driven by incentivizing cross‑jurisdictional collaboration among industrial firms. Further moderating analyses revealed that hierarchical leadership transfer networks and self-organized learning networks significantly enhanced the policy’s impact, while counterpart-assistance networks exerted no significant moderating effect; moreover, the policy’s impact varied by collaboration type, with self-organized networks facilitating firm-to-firm collaboration, and hierarchical networks supporting university-industry collaborations. These findings underscore the importance of network-aware and context-sensitive policy design in governance for innovation.