大量企业同时开展独立研发和合作研发活动以期实现两者的协同效应来提高企业绩效。然而，我国企业通过整合独立研发和合作研发来提高企业绩效的目标并没有实现。本文对独立研发和合作研发的关系进行研究，并分析吸收能力在整合独立研发和合作研发提高企业绩效过程中所发挥的作用。通过对286家企业调研数据的实证检验，本文发现独立研发与合作研发存在互相抑制作用，且该作用随着吸收能力的增强而提高。本文研究深化了对独立研发和合作研发关系的认识，为企业整合独立研发和合作研发提供了指导。

Firms often take independent and collaborative R&D activities simultaneously. Yet, they fail to synergize these R&D activities to enhance firm performance. This study investigates the joint impact of independent and collaborative R&D activities on firm performance as well as the moderating role played by absorptive capacity in the joint effect. Drawing on the data of 286 firms, this study finds that there is a negative relationship between the interaction of independent and collaborative R&D activities and firm performance, and the moderating effect of absorptive capacity on this relationship is also negative. The findings not only enrich the discipline’s knowledge on the performance implications of independent and collaborative R&D activities, but also provide some guidance for firms to synergize independent and collaborative R&D activities.