以往绩效对美华人发明人知识侨汇的影响研究

doi:10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2025.09.019

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 探究华人发明人知识侨汇的产生机理，对于更有效地开展国际合作，具有极强的现实意义和价值。基于吸收能力理论与知识重组研究，探索美国华人发明人以往绩效对其知识侨汇的影响机制及边界，基于OLS模型、调节效应模型，利用1990—2011年美国华人移民发明人专利数据开展实证分析。研究发现：(1）以往绩效与知识侨汇正相关：高绩效的华人发明人产生更多的知识侨汇；(2) 华人合作者与华人专业社团这两种知识转移渠道，以及华人发明人使用的中国知识均能正向调节以往绩效与知识侨汇的关系；(3)中国知识调节了转移渠道的调节作用：使用中国知识较多的高绩效华人发明人，华人合作者对其知识侨汇的转移效果更好；而使用中国知识较少的高绩效华人发明人，专业社团对其知识侨汇的推介作用更大。本文研究结论从理论层面拓展知识侨汇的微观机理研究，深化了移民研究与知识重组研究中对跨国社会资本与族裔知识的认知；从实践层面为我国侨务部门及国内高科技企业的招才引智及国际合作工作提供了启示。

关键词: 知识侨汇, 华人发明人, 中国知识, 华人专业社团

Abstract: At the time when the U.S. is suppressing and blocking China′s science and technology, it is of great practical significance to explore the mechanism of knowledge remittance of overseas Chinese inventors. Based on the theory of absorptive capacity and the research on knowledge recombination, this study explored the influence mechanism and boundary of the past performance of Chinese inventors in the United States on their knowledge remittances, and conducted an empirical analysis by utilizing the patent database of Chinese immigrant inventors in the United States from 1990 to 2011. The study found that: (1) Past performance has a positive correlation with knowledge remittances: high-performing overseas Chinese inventors generate more knowledge remittances; (2) Both of the two knowledge transfer channels, namely Chinese collaborators and Chinese professional associations, and the Chinese knowledge employed by Chinese inventors can positively moderate the relationship between past performance and knowledge remittances; (3) Chinese knowledge also moderates the moderating effect of the transfer channel: high-performing Chinese inventors who use more Chinese knowledge have a better transfer of their knowledge remittances by Chinese collaborators, while for high-performing Chinese inventors who use less Chinese knowledge, professional associations contribute more to their knowledge remittances. The findings of this paper will expand the micro-mechanism of knowledge remittances, deepen the understanding of transnational social capital and ethnic knowledge in migration and knowledge recombination studies from the theoretical level and provide policy insights for the overseas recruitment of talents by China′s Overseas Chinese Affairs Departments and domestic high-tech enterprises from the practical level.

Key words: knowledge remittance, Chinese inventor, Chinese knowledge, Chinese professional association

张华, 刘佳, 曹春辉. 以往绩效对美华人发明人知识侨汇的影响研究[J]. 科研管理, 2025, 46(9): 188-196.

Zhang Hua, Liu Jia, Cao Chunhui. Research on the impact of past performance on knowledge remittances of Chinese-American inventors[J]. Science Research Management, 2025, 46(9): 188-196.

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