Impact of R&D alliance network structure on the competitive advantage of highand new technology enterprises

Abstract

Abstract: By introducing the open innovation ability as an intermediary variable,this paper constructs a theoretical model for the relationship between the competitive advantage of high and new technology enterprises and the structure properties of R&D alliance network including its size, density and cohesion subgroups. Taking as examples the high and new technology enterprises in Nankang Software Park in Taiwan and Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taiwan, an empirical study was made by means of the structural equation model. The results show that the R&D alliance network size and density have a significantly positive impact on the competitive advantage of the high and new technology enterprises through the intermediary variables of the open innovation ability, while the cohesion subgroup of R&D alliance network has not a significantly positive impact on the competitive advantage of the high and new technology enterprises. The study makes up for some inadequacies of previous researches, and it can provide the theoretical support for the high and new technology enterprises to acquire effectively resources in the R&D alliance network.

Key words: R&D alliance network, structure properties, open innovation ability, competitive advantage of high and new technology enterprises

CLC Number:

F270.7

Zhao Hongmei, Wang Hongqi. Impact of R&D alliance network structure on the competitive advantage of highand new technology enterprises[J]. Science Research Management, 2013, 34(12): 143-152.

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