科研管理

科研管理 ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (8): 8-17.

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外部知识异质度对创新绩效曲线效应的内在机理-------知识重构与吸收能力的视角

叶江峰1,任浩2,郝斌3   

  1. 1安徽大学 商学院，安徽 合肥230601；
    2同济大学 经济与管理学院，上海200092；
    3华东理工大学 商学院，上海200237
  • 收稿日期:2014-07-09 修回日期:2015-08-13 出版日期:2016-08-20 发布日期:2016-08-17
  • 通讯作者: 郝斌
  • 基金资助:

    基金项目：国家自科基金面上项目“多层次网络促动、知识异质度与企业持续创新能力研究”（项目编号71272048；起止时间2013-1－2016-12）；国家自科基金面上项目“企业间网络对突破性创新作用机制：基于知识基础配置与知识整合视角”（项目编号71372078；起止时间2014-1-2017-12）；安徽省高校人文社会科学研究重点项目“企业双重知识治理机制影响开放式创新能力的理论模型与实证分析—以科技型中小企业为例”（项目编号SK2016A0074，起止时间2016-1—2017-12）；上海浦江人才计划项目“非对称性关系下企业间网络权力对突破性创新影响机制研究”（项目编号14PJC021；起止时间2014-9-2016-8）。

Mechanism of a curvilinear effect between external knowledge heterogeneity and innovation performance: A view from knowledge reconfiguration and absorptive capacity

Ye Jiangfeng1, Ren Hao2, Hao Bin3   

  1. 1. School of Business, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China;
    2. School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China;
    3. Business School, East-China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
  • Received:2014-07-09 Revised:2015-08-13 Online:2016-08-20 Published:2016-08-17

摘要： 尽管近期大量学者验证了外部知识异质度对企业创新绩效具有倒U型曲线效应，但却没有能够厘清这一效应的内生性机制及其形成原因。本研究基于知识重构和吸收能力的视角，通过采集和分析来自上海、江苏和浙江的261个创新型样本企业问卷数据，识别外部知识异质度与企业创新绩效之间倒U型曲线关系的形成机制。结果表明：外部知识异质度通过促进知识重构正向影响创新绩效、却通过弱化吸收能力反向影响创新绩效；这两种效果相反的中介机制导致外部知识异质度与创新绩效之间产生了倒U型曲线关系。这一发现揭示了企业外部知识异质度对创新绩效影响的内在机理，进一步发展了主流文献的相关研究。

关键词: 外部知识异质度, 知识重构, 吸收能力, 创新绩效

Abstract: Though the inverse U-shaped relationship between external knowledge heterogeneity(KH) and firm innovation performance has been tested by many scholars recently，few quantitative studies on the endogenous mechanism and reason of the inverse U-shaped relationship between the two have been done. Using a survey data of 261 firms from innovation-intensive industries in east China, this study provides evidence of the inverse U-shaped relationship between the two by introducing two variables of knowledge reconfiguration and absorptive capacity. The empirical research results show external KH exists both the value of knowledge reconfiguration and the trouble of absorbing and transferring. In addition, we find external KH influences innovation performance through two opposite mediating mechanisms which are named knowledge reconfiguration and absorptive capacity. This study deepens our understanding regarding to the intrinsic mechanisms between external KH and innovation performance, and further develops the study of existing literature in this field.

Key words: external knowledge heterogeneity, knowledge reconfiguration, absorptive capacity, innovation performance