关键词: 产业数字化, 数字创业生态, 区域治理, 组态效应

Abstract:     As an important driving force behind the new technological revolution and industrial transformation, industrial digitization has become an engine for the development of new productive forces. However, many urban areas are still struggling with the dilemma of digital transformation, characterized by reluctance, inability or even marginalization. "How to accelerate the advancement of industrial digitization" has become a practical concern for government. Industrial digitization is regarded as a systematic integration of digital technology with the real economy. The digital entrepreneurial ecosystem, by effectively breaking down existing barriers between industries and accelerating interindustry integration, has become an important foundation for industrial digitization. Understanding the pathway through which the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem influences industrial digitization can meet the practical demands of local governments in expediting industrial digitization and promoting the development of new productive forces.Based on the method of fsQCA, this study analyzed a sample of 192 prefecture-level cities, taking into account their developmental stages. We comprehensively considered the configuration effect of digital ecological subjects such as market scale, human capital, financial capital, policy governance, entrepreneurship culture, and infrastructure on urban industrial digitalization. The results showed that: first, the single subject of the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem does not constitute the necessary condition for high industrial digitalization; second, there are three types of interactive configurations of the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem that promote industrial digitalization: policy-driven, construction-driven, and all-around balanced. In the initial stage, cities mainly present policy-driven configurations with policy governance as the core and construction-driven configurations with infrastructure and market size as the core. In the development stage, cities transition to construction-driven configurations. In the mature stage, the city presents an all-around balanced configuration of all-factor development. Third, the driving mode of the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem for industrial digitalization has its emphasis on different developmental stages, indicating a shift from passive influence by tangible factors like policies and infrastructure to active influence by intangible factors such as market dynamics.This study has several practical contributions. First, for cities in the initial stage, a dual strategy of policy promotion and construction driving should be adopted to seize policy and construction opportunities. Second, for cities in the development stage, a strategy involving the development of digital markets and infrastructure should be employed to expand market scale and infrastructure development. Third, for cities in the mature stage, a strategy involving the selection and development should be implemented to optimize surplus industries and explore advanced industries, thus improving the regional industrial structure.

Key words: industry digitization, digital entrepreneurial ecosystem, regional governance, configuration effect