The Moderating Role of Top‐Down Supports in Horizontal Innovation Diffusion

Youlang Zhang, Xufeng Zhu · 2019 · Public Administration Review

Summary. This study examines how government support policies affect the spread of administrative innovations across municipalities. Using data from China's one-stop government centers between 1997 and 2012, the authors find that strong central and provincial policy signals actually reduce the influence of neighboring cities' adoption decisions. Top-down government support substitutes for horizontal peer pressure rather than complementing it, suggesting different diffusion mechanisms compete for influence on local innovation adoption.

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@article{zhang-2019-moderating-role-top-down-supports,
  title   = {The Moderating Role of Top‐Down Supports in Horizontal Innovation Diffusion},
  author  = {Youlang Zhang and Xufeng Zhu},
  journal = {Public Administration Review},
  year    = {2019},
  doi     = {10.1111/puar.13140},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13140}
}

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DOI

10.1111/puar.13140

Countries

China

Regions

Asia

Categories

policy, innovation-theory, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation

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2026-04-28