Influence path of performance of Xingchuang Tiandi based on the configuration perspective

【Objective】 Based on the four-spiral innovation ecosystem of academia-industry-government-public，this study explored the influence mechanism of the operational performance of Xingchuang Tiandi，aiming to provide new strategic anchors for the future construction of Xingchuang Tiandi and similar rural innovation and entrepreneurship plat‐ forms. 【Method】 The data of introduction of innovation factors，investment amount，and level of achievement transformation and technological industrialization from 46 cases of Xingchuang Tiandi in Fujian from 2020 to 2022 were selected as samples，this study employed fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis method（fsQCA）to explore the influence and mechanisms of multi-configurational factors on the achievement of high performance of Xingchuang Tiandi from 4 levels-academia，industry，government and the public. 【Result】 There were 8 configurations of high level of operational performance in Xingchuang Tiandi，which could be categorized as：academia-research-oriented operation，public-oriented operation，industry-public cooperation，academia-industry-public cooperation and system-wide operation. Among these 5 high-performance operations，4 paths included high levels of public participation，indicating that public engagement had great impact on innovation and entrepreneurship performance. The public-oriented operation associated with high incubation performance covered the most cases and uniquely explained the highest number of individual cases. A positive correlation between incubation performance and high-performance evaluation not only intuitively reflected the effectiveness of in‐ cubator operations and the quality of innovation and entrepreneurship projects，but also reflected the rationality of the cur‐ rent performance evaluation system and improvements of the innovation and entrepreneurship environment. Robustness testing further showed that the configurations of non-high-performance Xingchuang Tiandi fell into 2 types，which did not form a symmetrical relationship with those with high performance. This indicated that it was impossible to reversely deduce the causes of non-high-performance in Xingchuang Tiandi by simply opposing the factors that led to highperformance. 【Conclusion】 For Xingchuang Tiandi with non-high level of operational performance，only focusing on ad‐ dressing their weaknesses is not enough，it is should explore the linkage and matching among various elements from the connection among academia，industry，government and the public，actively fulfill social responsibilities，and finally achieve multi-element and all-round development：safeguard technology supply and strengthen transfer and transformation；coordinate multiple forces and improve the quality of collaboration；and focus on the advantages and highlight the linkage of elements.