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Research on the Integration and Innovation Model of New-Style Operational Entities in Old Revolutionary Areas Empowered by Digitalization: Based on Configuration Analysis

Author(s)

Minglin Zhang1,*, Huaxu Li2

Affiliation(s)

1Guangdong Vocational and Technical College, Foshan, Guangdong, China 2Jiangxi Provincial Academy of Social Sciences, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China *Corresponding Author

Abstract

This paper focuses on the integrated innovation of new agricultural operators in old revolutionary base areas empowered by digitalization. Aiming at the problems of weak agricultural foundation, lagging digital transformation in these areas, and existing studies focusing on single factors while ignoring regional particularities, it conducts an empirical study using the fsQCA configurational analysis method. Defining core concepts such as digital empowerment, new agricultural operators and integrated innovation, it selects six conditional variables and uses 256 valid survey data from old revolutionary base areas like the Dabie Mountains and Jinggang Mountains to explore the driving mechanism of high-level integrated innovation. The study shows that no single condition is necessary for high-level integrated innovation; multiple factors form multiple equivalent paths, identifying four configurational models: synergistic-driven, leverage-incubated, environment-responsive and endogenous-led. Social network is the core cornerstone of all models, policy support plays a key role, and operator capability is context-dependent. Breaking through single-factor determinism, it reveals the complex causality and asymmetry of digital empowerment. Finally, corresponding countermeasures are proposed to provide theoretical and practical guidance for these areas to promote integrated innovation and rural revitalization through digital technologies.

Keywords

Digital Empowerment; New Agricultural Operators in Old Revolutionary Base Areas; Integrated Innovation; Models

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