Manoeuvring National Innovation Systems-Catalysed Innovation Ecosystems Under Salient Paradoxes: A Longitudinal Case Study of Baidu Apollo

51 Pages Posted: 25 May 2024

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Jiang YU

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Yingxiu Zhang

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Haibo Zhou

University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Jin Han

University of Nottingham, Ningbo - University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Feng Chen

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Abstract

The development of emerging industries requires close interactions between national strategies and market entities, contributing to the emergence of national innovation systems-catalysed innovation ecosystems (NIS-catalysed IE). However, the different needs of stakeholders within it can lead to irreconcilable conflicts, and this requires focal firms to adopt paradoxical perspectives when it comes to ecosystem governance. Using a longitudinal single case study approach on Baidu Apollo, we investigate the strategies adopted by Apollo to manage paradoxes of its ecosystem to achieve business growth as well as to fulfil the national requirement of industry leadership. We reveal three strategies adopted by the focal firm to govern paradoxes, that is, 1) trust-driven motivation construction, 2) third-party orchestration, and 3) intertemporal value acquisition. The study contributes to the furtherance of existent academic knowledge by unveiling the importance of intertwined national strategic directions and commercial development to emerging industries and by detailing how the focal firm performs ecosystem governance in the context of NIS-catalysed IE.

Keywords: national innovation system, innovation ecosystem, paradox theory, ecosystem governance

Suggested Citation

YU, Jiang and Zhang, Yingxiu and Zhou, Haibo and Han, Jin and Chen, Feng, Manoeuvring National Innovation Systems-Catalysed Innovation Ecosystems Under Salient Paradoxes: A Longitudinal Case Study of Baidu Apollo. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4841811 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4841811

Jiang YU

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Yingxiu Zhang

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Haibo Zhou

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Ningbo, Zhejiang 315100
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Jin Han (Contact Author)

University of Nottingham, Ningbo - University of Nottingham Ningbo China ( email )

199 Taikang East Road
Ningbo, 315100
China

Feng Chen

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