Qualitative comparative analysis reveals distinct operational pathways across rural revitalization cases, highlighting the need for external networks and government legitimation.
Key Points
To identify the distinct mechanisms, configurations, and pathways required to scale rural innovations through expansion, replication, and translation.
Analyzed 34 rural revitalization cases across eight Asian jurisdictions.
Applied fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) combined with in-depth qualitative case assessments.
Evaluated conditions enabling three distinct scaling typologies: expansion, replication, and translation.
Recognized leadership, robust extra-local networks, and effective knowledge aggregation form a shared baseline requirement for successful scaling across all modes.
Replication pathways require more stringent and demanding organizational configurations than localized expansion.
Translation into formal policy requires a convergence of demonstrated wider relevance, favorable timing windows, authoritative legitimation, and targeted advocacy.