Abstract: The study tries to extend the theoretical connotation of enterprise innovation strategies. An ecological perspective was applied to distinguish interactive relations among innovation strategies. Theoretical framework was based on government-business environment, innovation strategies, basic resources and their interactions under the reform of government functions. Adopting a new research technique which combines NCA and fsQCA methods, the influence of internal and external characteristics of enterprises on innovation performance is analyzed through configurational perspective. Results show that: High assets scale is a prerequisite for high innovation performance, while the other factors arent prerequisites. Meanwhile, there are two configurational routes for high innovation performance, including single dominant innovation strategy in “the plundering hand” and dual symbiotic innovation strategies in “the helping hand”. It also reflects when interaction between government and market transforms from predatory competition to mutual benefit, the relationship of innovation strategies changes dynamically from the “imbalanced” state to the dual symbiotic relationship, and finally, two innovation strategies will influence the emergence of high innovation performance. 

Key words:  degree of balance, ecological interactive relations, dual innovation, fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis