Research on the Generating Mechanism of Urban Talent Competitiveness Based QCA Method: A Configurational Analysis of 24 Chinese Cities

Sike Liu () and Wuyi Wang
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Sike Liu: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao SAR 999078, China
Wuyi Wang: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao SAR 999078, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-16

Abstract: Talent competition is the core of urban competition; urban development needs strong talent competitiveness. This study applies configuration thinking and the QCA method through the integration of six influencing conditions, namely talent scale, talent structure, talent innovation, talent development, talent efficiency and talent living, it selects 24 Chinese cities as research cases, explores the generation mechanism of urban talent competitiveness. The results demonstrate that: (1) Talent scale, talent innovation, talent development and talent living are the key conditions for generating urban talent competitiveness; (2) The quality improvement mode, innovation leading mode and resource competitive mode are the main modes of generating urban talent competitiveness; the resource competitive mode is the most common combination of strategies for generating urban talent competitiveness; (3) Talent development and talent living have a substitution relationship in the process of generating urban talent competitiveness; (4) The configuration that hinders the generation of competitiveness and promotes the generation of competitiveness is asymmetric.

Keywords: urban talent competitiveness; urban development; talent cultivation; talent sustainable development; QCA method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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