May Virtual Innovative Cluster Be a New Interactive Development Pattern Across Regions?

The innovative cluster theory absorbs lots of important achievements of innovation research. It shows great power in explanation and extensive functions, and plays an important role in directing regional economic development theoretically and practically. But innovative cluster theory focuses on relevant questions of economic development within specific regions instead of interactive development across regions. Adopting the perspectives of value chain, knowledge chain and innovation chain, this paper expands the idea of innovative cluster and brings forward the concept of virtual innovative cluster (VIC). It concludes that against the backdrop of innovation-driven economy, it is necessary to promote VIC across regions so as to realize collaborative complementary advancement and sustainable interactive development across regions. The paper then continues to probe into the definition, the forming drive, the organizational management mode and the competitive advantage of VIC.