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Major national strategic regional digital innovation development: Enhancing potential and balancing path Li Xuhui, Pang Zhenghu 2023, 44(12): 1-9.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.001 Abstract ( 349 )      To successfully promote and expand the Chinese-style modernization, we must firmly grasp the development opportunities of digital economy and adhere to digital innovation to guide the development. Accurately grasping the promotion potential of digital innovation, accurately analyzing its imbalance crux and exploring its balance path have an important impact on the construction of Chinese-style modernization.In this paper, based on the theoretical connotation of digital innovation, a comprehensive measurement index system of digital innovation efficiency was constructed. Taking major national strategic regions as the breakthrough point, this paper scientifically measured the efficiency of China′s digital innovation, and deeply discussed the status, dynamic evolution and causes of regional differences. Firstly, the super efficiency SBM model was used to comprehensively measure the development level of China′s digital innovation from 2008 to 2021. Secondly, Dagum Gini coefficient and its decomposition method were used to explore the size and source of regional differences in China′s digital innovation development. Thirdly, the kernel density estimation method was used to describe the distribution dynamic evolution characteristics of digital innovation development. Finally, with the help of QAP method, this paper explored the causes of spatial imbalance in the development of digital innovation.Through the measurement and trend evolution of the development level of digital innovation in major national strategic regions from 2008 to 2021, it was found in this study that: firstly, the digital innovation efficiency of the whole country and its major national strategic regions show a fluctuating upward trend during the inspection period, but there is a significant gap among regions; secondly, during the study period, the imbalance of digital innovation development space in major national strategic regions shows a downward trend year by year, and the overall gap is mainly due to the gap between regions; thirdly, the overall dispersion of digital innovation development in China is expanding, and different regions show different types of polarization trends, and the polarization trend is gradually increasing; fourthly, the degree of opening to the outside world is the biggest cause of the formation of national differences in digital innovation development, while the intensity of the formation and change of regional differences in digital innovation development exists regional heterogeneity, and the dominant factors in different regions are different.A comprehensive review of the development status, spatial imbalance and evolution of digital innovation has important enlightenment and practical significance for improving the development level of China′s digital innovation and boosting the high-quality development of the digital economy. Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on the innovation path of “Little Giant” enterprises in the context of digitization Tang Xiaowen, Yao Xincen, Yu Lanting 2023, 44(12): 10-20.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.002 Abstract ( 398 )      The Chinese-style innovation is an essential part of the Chinese-style modernization and an important direction for the development of SMEs in the context of digitalization. In order to stimulate the innovative development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the context of digitalization, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People′s Republic of China (MIIT) has announced the list of specialized, refined, differential and innovative "little giant" enterprises in several batches. Great superiority in strengthening S&T innovation has been shown and the resilience of the industrial chain supply chain has been improved in order to accelerate the resolution of the stranglehold problems.In view of the research gaps and the necessity of Chinese innovation paths for specialized, refined, differential, and innovative "little giant" in the context of digitization, CiteSpace software was used in this paper to analyze and propose 7 necessary influencing factors. In addition, the hybrid NCA and modified dynamic fsQCA methods were used to exam the core conditions and group effects of 200 companies so as to refine the corresponding innovation pathways, with the Resource-Based View and the TOE theoretical framework as a sufficient support.The findings from this research are as follows: (1) Innovation in "little giant" firms in the context of digitalization is not driven by a single factor, but rather by the synergy of technological, organizational and environmental conditions. (2) R&D intensity, digital emphases and government subsidies have a significant effect on the SMEs′ Chinese-style innovation, of which government support is an important feature of Chinese-style innovation, reflecting China′s institutional advantages. (3) Four innovation paths are proposed, namely, technology endowment, government-dependent, production-orientation, and integrated development, and they are supported by typical enterprise cases.The practical inspirations drawn from this research are as follows. For individual managers, it is correct and necessary to shift from a single mindset to an integrated one in the context of digitization. For the organization as a whole, the choice of path should be based on the reality of the enterprise′s technological, organizational and environmental resources. With regard to the formulation of national macro-policies, the government should play an active role in the “signaling effect”, which can guide specialized, refined, differential and innovative “little giant” enterprises to develop more efficiently and innovatively in the context of digitization. Related Articles | Metrics

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A review of key core technologies: Concept, structure, breakthrough path and mechanism Feng Kun, Li Xianjun, Xiong Yu, Fu Yu, Yao Yuchun 2023, 44(12): 21-30.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.003 Abstract ( 692 )   Breaking through the bottleneck of key core technology has become a theory and strategic research topic for China to break the US scientific and technology blockade and realize the national rise. This paper systematically combed and summarized the key core technology research from the concept, internal structure, breakthrough path and mechanism. We find that neither the mainstream innovation theory nor technological catch-up theory for latecomer countries have literature focusing on key core technology, and the innovation research on this topic is still at an early stage in China. Therefore, there are five research gaps of key core technology, confusion of key core technologies and related concepts, lacking research on the origin problems, the unopened box of key core technologies, lacking discussion on the underlying logic of the microstructure and evolution mechanism of key core technologies, little research on the R&D path and mechanism of key core technology, limited research on macro breakthrough path and mechanism, lacking study on breakthrough mechanism of key core technology under multiple scenarios, deep influence of the mainstream innovation theory paradigm on the existing research literature. Finally, based on the gaps in existing research, this paper proposes a prospect and framework for future research, establishing key core technology breakthrough theories based on Chinese context.  References | Related Articles | Metrics

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A study on the environmental effect in the opening of digital economy based on the ICT import and export data Li Guangqin, Jin Yuping 2023, 44(12): 31-41.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.004 Abstract ( 154 )        As the largest developing country, China plays a role of the world factory, and its economic growth mode is mainly based on extensive manufacturing expansion. With the increasing scarcity of resources and environmental pollution, the problem of sustainable development in China is becoming more and more serious. Different from the traditional economy, the digital economy with information and communication technology as the carrier has become a new important driving force in the process of restructuring the world economic map promoted by the information revolution. China continues to emphasize the opening up of digital economy, while accelerating the green transformation of development mode and improving environmental quality. Therefore, in the era of green economy, the research of promoting the opening of digital economy is an important way to reduce environmental pollution in China.On this basis, based on the ICT trade data and industrial sulfur dioxide emission data of 139 Chinese cities from 2003 to 2016, this paper used the two-way fixed effect, threshold effect and regulatory effect models to investigate the impact of opening in digital economy on environmental pollution and its mechanism. The possible contributions of this paper are as follows: first, it measured the opening level of digital economy in Chinese cities, which can enrich the relevant research of opening in digital economy. Second, the study of the impact of the opening of digital economy on environmental quality from the prefecture-level city level can enrich the environmental governance literature at the middle level of the city. Third, the paper examined the impact mechanism of opening in digital economy on environmental quality from the perspective of technological innovation and industrial structure to provide empirical evidence for Chinese environmental policy making.The main conclusions include the following aspects. First, the opening of digital economy has a significant inverted U-shaped effect on environmental pollution. Second, the opening of digital economy and environmental pollution in the eastern region, the economically developed regions and the cities with high Internet development level show an inverted U-shaped relationship. Third, with the increasing level of technological innovation, the opening up of digital economy has more and more restraining effect on environmental pollution. Fourth, the coordination between the opening of digital economy and industrial structure can effectively reduce environmental pollution within a reasonable range, but when the industrial structure exceeds the reasonable value, the shape of the opening of digital economy and environmental pollution reverses, showing a positive U-shaped relationship, which means that the opening of digital economy will significantly deteriorate the environment.Based on the above research conclusions, we can draw the following enlightenments. First, China needs to connect with the international community, narrow the “digital divide”, sign digital economic development agreements with other countries, establish digital economic blocs, and give full play to the effect of digital scale. Second, we can strengthen the main ability of technological innovation. At the same time, the government needs to create a good model of digital green development and improve the efficiency of resource allocation by cultivating high-end production factors. Third, local governments need to adopt a reasonable industrial structure and adapt to local conditions to realize the coordinated development of industrial structure transformation and digital economy, which fundamentally reduce the unreasonable investment of resources, reduce energy consumption, and produce more income at a lower environmental cost.The research of this paper is of great significance to realize the harmonious and sustainable development of Chinese digital economy and environment. At the same time, it also provides a scientific study and lays a foundation for optimizing Chinese environmental protection policies. Related Articles | Metrics

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Effectuation logic, serendipity and digital innovation performance Wang Jian 2023, 44(12): 42-49.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.005 Abstract ( 158 )    China′s enterprises have engaged in digital transformation for high-quality development, but few of them have achieved positive digital innovation performance. However, the ways to enhance digital innovation performance have received far less attention from the academia. In the digital world of high risk and uncertainty, most enterprises in China follow the logic of “crossing the river by fumbling for stones” in their digital practices. This logic is aligned with the effectuation logic proposed by Sarasvathy. So, does effectuation logic facilitate digital innovation performance? How does it work? Scholars have not yet explored these questions. Hence, the core research issue of this paper is to investigate whether and how effectuation logic affects digital innovation performance.The logic of “crossing the river by fumbling for stones” is prone to serendipity, and the development and exploitation of serendipity creates new opportunities and discoveries for enterprises, enabling them to create better digital solutions. In addition, organizational members develop artificial intelligence awareness during the digitization process of an enterprise. Under the effect of artificial intelligence awareness, organization members may resist the applications of digital technologies in the enterprise and engage in negative learning behaviors, which may affect the function of effectuation logic on digital innovation performance.Based on the effectuation logic theory, this paper investigated the impact of effectuation logic on digital innovation performance and the moderating and mediating effects of artificial intelligence awareness and serendipity in the relationship between effectuation logic and digital innovation performance. A sample of 209 manufacturing companies was tested for reliability and validity using SPSS, and regression analysis method was used to test the research hypotheses. The results showed that: (1) the effectuation logic positively affects digital innovation performance; (2) the effectuation logic positively affects serendipity, and serendipity partially mediates the relationship between effectuation logic and digital innovation performance; and (3) the artificial intelligence awareness negatively moderates the relationship between effectuation logic and digital innovation performance.The theoretical contribution lies in the following three aspects. First, this paper expanded the research on the antecedent variables of digital innovation performance and the application scenarios of effectuation logic. The current effectuation logic-related studies are mainly focused on entrepreneurship, and there are few empirical studies based on digital context. At the same time, few digital innovation-related studies cover digital innovation performance. Based on effectuation logic theory, this paper investigates the impact of effectuation logic on digital innovation performance, which reinforces the dialogue between the two research fields of effectuation logic and digitalization. Second, this paper expanded the research on the antecedent and outcome variables of serendipity and advanced the development of the serendipity theory in China. There are few empirical studies on serendipity, and fewer studies have integrated serendipity with enterprise digitalization. Using an empirical research approach, this paper examined the mediating effect of serendipity in the relationship between effectuation logic and digital innovation performance, which injects new dimensions into the research on enterprise digitization. Third, it effectively bridged the gap in the focus on artificial intelligence awareness in existing digitalization research. Most of the studies address the positive impact of digitalization on enterprises, but few have dealt with the psychological stress of digitalization on organizational members. This paper investigated the effect of artificial intelligence awareness on the relationship between effectuation logic and digital innovation performance, which significantly complements existing research.This paper has some practical managerial implications. First, enterprises′ digitalization cannot be achieved smoothly, so enterprises should guide their digital practices with effectuation logic as opposed to causation, which emphasizes avoidance of unexpected situations. Second, enterprises should emphasize the identification and utilization of serendipity in the process of digitization. Third, enterprises should highlight the personal growth and career development of organization members in digitalization to avoid the adverse effects of artificial intelligence awareness. Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on the influence of new digital infrastructure construction on industrial green development efficiency growth in China Lin Peng, Meng Nana 2023, 44(12): 50-60.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.006 Abstract ( 257 )      New digital infrastructure construction is not only a solid base for building China into a strong manufacturing country, a strong network country and a strong digital country, but also a key support for accelerating the transformation and upgrading of China′s industries into digital, intelligent, green and service-oriented industries. In the era of digital economy, the high-quality development of China′s industries is embodied in the digitalization, intellectualization, green and service-oriented development of the industries driven by the new generation of digital technology, and the key is to continuously improve the contribution of green total factor productivity (GTFP) to industrial economic growth, so as to promote the synergistic improvement of economic performance and environmental performance of China′s industries. Therefore, an in-depth analysis of the mechanism and effect of new digital infrastructure construction on the industrial green development efficiency growth has important academic values and practical significance for the construction of a modern industrial system and the deepening of the process of new industrialization.In this paper, industrial economic performance and environmental performance were incorporated into the unified theoretical analysis framework. Based on the perspective of green total factor productivity, this paper explained the theoretical mechanism of new digital infrastructure construction affecting industrial technology efficiency, industrial technology progress and industrial green development efficiency growth through the factor allocation effect, industrial optimization effect, knowledge spillover effect and technology impact effect. Based on the panel data of 48 cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta urban agglomerates from 2011 to 2019, this paper used the panel regression model, panel threshold model and spatial Dubin model to empirically investigate the internal action mechanism and spatial influence mechanism of new digital infrastructure construction on China′s industrial green development efficiency from the dual dimensions of internal logic and spatial correlation. The above research is expected to provide valuable reference for accelerating the development of digital, intelligent and green industries and comprehensively promoting the deep integration of digital economy and real economy.The research results of this paper are as follows: new digital infrastructure construction in the three urban agglomerations has significantly promoted the growth of industrial green development efficiency and the improvement of industrial technology efficiency, but inhibited industrial technology progress. The mechanism of industrial technology efficiency improvement has become the core path of new digital infrastructure construction to drive the growth of industrial green development efficiency. New digital infrastructure construction has a significant nonlinear marginal return increasing effect on the industrial green development efficiency growth through different levels of Internet penetration. From the perspective of spatial correlation, the construction of new digital infrastructure still shows significant industrial green development efficiency growth effect, technology efficiency improvement effect and technology progress inhibition effect, but its effect direction and influence intensity will show obvious spatial heterogeneity due to geographical proximity and economic proximity factors.Based on the above research conclusions, this paper put forward the following countermeasures and suggestions: firstly, the top-level design and policy support for new digital infrastructure construction should be strengthened, and the optimal allocation of innovation resources across regions, regional collaborative innovation and open innovation should be promoted, so as to fully release the function of technology progress as the main engine for green and high-quality industrial development. Secondly, based on the deep integration of informatization and industrialization, we should strengthen the key supporting role of new digital infrastructure construction in the collaborative transformation of industrial digitalization and greening, so as to effectively exert the enhancement effect of industrial green development efficiency. Thirdly, new digital infrastructure should be laid out according to local conditions to enhance its compatibility with the industrial spatial layout of urban agglomeration, fully release the technology knowledge spillover effect of new digital infrastructure construction, and drive the improvement of the industrial green development efficiency in urban agglomerations. Related Articles | Metrics

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Impact of digital transformation of enterprises on their choice of green innovation models Ma Wenjia, Zhang Hongzheng, Chen Jin 2023, 44(12): 61-70.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.007 Abstract ( 358 )      The digital transformation and green transformation of enterprises are key paths to achieve high-quality development in China. Exploring how the digital transformation of enterprises affects their green innovation model holds both theoretical significance and practical insights. Amid digital transformation, enterprises face the critical issue of how to allocate their limited innovation resources. Will they prioritize breaking free from resource constraints, environmental limitations, or from both? The choice between energy-saving and environmentally-friendly green innovation becomes an urgent matter necessitating practical and theoretical exploration. However, few scholars in the academia have delved into this crucial issue. In order to investigate these issues, this study differentiated the content and models of green innovation, using energy-saving and environmentally-friendly green innovation models as the foundation. Against the backdrop of the new generation of information technology and digital technologies leading the development of green and low-carbon technologies, and with a focus on the Chinese context, this paper systematically examined the impact of digital transformation on the choice of enterprise green innovation models. This analysis was based on the panel data from Chinese A-share listed companies from 2002 to 2021, thus making a comprehensive investigation into the influencing mechanisms involved.The study′s findings are as follows: (1) Digital transformation significantly boosts enterprises′ choice of energy-saving green innovation, which is mainly driven using digital underlying technologies. This conclusion still holds after considering endogeneity issues and a series of robustness tests such as replacing the green innovation level indicator and excluding specific samples. (2) Green R&D investment in digitization plays a mediating role in digital transformation and the choice of green innovation models. Digital transformation prompts enterprises to invest more digital resources in energy-saving green R&D, which in turn promotes the choice of energy-saving green innovation. (3) Market competition and government innovation subsidies strengthen the role of digital transformation in influencing the choice of energy-saving green innovation. Meanwhile, informal environmental regulations imposed by the public strengthen the impact of digital transformation on the choice of environmentally-friendly green innovation. Heterogeneity analysis showed that the impact of digital transformation on promoting the choice of energy-saving green innovation is particularly pronounced in the manufacturing sector with a high demand for green technological transformation.This study has several theoretical significances: (1) Our conclusions provided additional confirmation for the previously posited perspective that “digital capabilities have differing impacts on various facets of green transformation, including environmental management, improved resource utilization efficiency, and alterations in energy structure”. It also classified green innovation in terms of energy-saving and environmentally-friendly and clarifies the impact of digital transformation on enterprises′ choice of green innovation models. (2) This study revealed the mechanisms through which digital transformation influences the choice of green innovation models. (3) We incorporated the factors of the triadic co-management of environmental governance into the unified analytical framework. Within this framework, we examined the moderating effects of market competition, informal social environmental regulations, and government innovation subsidies, thus effectively avoiding the fragmented limitations present in current research.The study proposed the following policy insights: (1) The triadic co-management system should be comprehensively considered to promote the coordinated development of energy-saving and environmentally-friendly green innovation. (2) Manufacturing enterprises, especially heavily polluting enterprises, should be promoted to carry out digital transformation. (3) Deep integration of digitalization and greening should be facilitated, the foundational role of digital technology in the green development of enterprises should be actively leveraged and the application of data elements in the core processes of enterprise production should be encouraged to comprehensively reduce energy consumption. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Organizational capital, stakeholder pressure and green innovation of enterprises Jiang Yichi, Yao Shujie 2023, 44(12): 71-81.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.008 Abstract ( 211 )      Corporate green innovation means the innovative behavior of production processes, new products and management models, with the aim of reducing environmental pollution and improving energy efficiency, and subsequently reducing the environmental risks of enterprises. The green technology innovation of Chinese enterprises is firstly influenced by environmental regulation. In the process of promoting the high-quality development of regional economy, local governments will promote the green transformation of local enterprises by means of environmental regulations, industrial guidance and green credit guidance. In addition, different stakeholders such as consumers, suppliers, employees and investors will also have an impact on the company′s environmental policies. The level of corporate governance and the characteristics of senior executives are also important factors affecting the green innovation decisions of enterprises. However, the above studies have not explored the role of the unique and irreplaceable organizational capital owned by enterprises. Organizational capital is not only embodied in important executives and employees and their social networks, but also rooted in organizational systems and production processes. Existing literature generally believes that organizational capital has a positive impact on firm value and firm behavior, but there are few studies examining the impact of organizational capital on firm sustainability. Therefore, this paper linked the organizational capital of Chinese listed companies with the green innovation behavior of enterprises, analyzed the motivation and economic consequences of the green innovation behavior of enterprises under the Chinese context, and then actively explored the formation of organizational capital conducive to enterprises, so as to provide new ideas for improving the sustainable development ability of Chinese listed companies.This paper examined the effect of testing the organizational capital of Chinese listed companies on corporate green innovation by measuring corporate green innovation behavior from two perspectives: substantive green innovation and strategic green innovation, and measured the corporate organizational capital in terms of the growth rates of selling expenses and administrative expenses from 2011-2019. The results of the benchmark regression found that higher levels of firm organizational capital significantly enhanced their green innovation capabilities. Based on organizational legitimacy theory, we also examined the heterogeneous effects of organizational capital on corporate green innovation under stakeholder pressure. We found that investor concern pressure enhances the positive influence of organizational capital on corporate green innovation, while environmental regulation pressure weakens the positive influence of organizational capital on corporate green innovation. Further tests of economic consequences also found that organizational capital enhances the financial and environmental social performance of firms by promoting their green innovation capabilities.Compared with the existing literature, the marginal contributions of this paper are: (1) it enriched the literature on the economic consequences of organizational capital by examining its impact on firm green innovation strategies. While a larger literature has examined the impact of organizational capital on firms′ investment and financing policies, few studies have focused on how organizational capital drives firms′ green transformation. (2) It enriched the literature related to the factors influencing corporate green innovation and sustainability strategies, focusing on the impact of organizational capital on green innovation and provides a different research perspective for green innovation research. (3) It examined the moderating effects of external investor concern pressure and environmental regulation pressure on organizational capital influencing corporate green innovation, and revealed whether corporate organizational capital enhances its sustainable development performance through green innovation, and the boundary conditions and economic consequences of organizational capital acting on green innovation. It provided a theoretical basis for Chinese enterprises to make and implement green investment decisions.This paper will provide some practical insights for tapping the organizational capital capabilities of enterprises to achieve high-quality development of Chinese listed companies. At present, China is in the critical period of implementing innovation-driven development strategy, the role of enterprises′ own resource endowments in influencing managers′ business decisions and resource allocation efficiency should be highly valued, and listed companies should be continuously stimulated to actively engage in green upgrading to achieve high-quality development. Firstly, corporate organizational capital provides a resource base for corporate development, and this resource base is critical for companies to gain sustainable competitive advantage. This requires listed companies to actively build organizational capital capabilities, which in turn can better serve corporate green innovation. Secondly, Chinese listed companies should actively respond to the concerns of corporate investors and stakeholders about corporate business decisions and development directions, transform the pressure of external investors′ concerns into incentive effects for corporate managers, raise managers′ awareness of green innovation, and maximize the role of organizational capital as a driver of green innovation. Finally, listed companies should grasp the market development opportunities and timely transform the enterprise green innovation patents into the environmental social performance and financial performance of the enterprise, and finally realize the sustainable development of the enterprise. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on disruptive innovation strategy from the perspective of opportunity window: A case study at the industrial level Li Zhengwei, Zhao Xin, Wang Feirong 2023, 44(12): 82-92.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.009 Abstract ( 125 )      In recent years, with the increasing uncertainty of the market environment, the acceleration of technological updating, the escalation of trade frictions between China and the United States, disruptive innovation has become increasingly important for Chinese enterprises to achieve transformation, upgrading and development. Unlike sustaining innovation, disruptive innovation is a form of change that “disrupts the established trajectory of performance improvement or redefines performance”. It deviates from the existing development trajectory and launches products or services that have poor traditional core performance based on the needs of low-end and new market consumers. Subsequently, it continuously improves performance, ultimately eroding the mainstream market. This market-oriented innovation model not only helps latecomers who lack resource accumulation to achieve leapfrog development, but also promotes the emergence of emerging industries and solves practical problems in social development. However, many enterprises in China currently find it difficult to identify opportunities for disruptive innovation, significant original achievements are still lacking, and many industries are at the low and middle ends of the global value chain. Therefore, how to identify disruptive innovation opportunities and promote their success is not only a practical problem that needs to be solved urgently for enterprise development and industrial transformation, but also an important topic for innovation strategy research.However, some gaps still remain in the existing research on disruptive innovation: firstly, the key to successful disruptive innovation is the timely identification of and response to windows of opportunity, and the challenge of legitimacy for disruptive innovation must be addressed in order to successfully respond to windows of opportunity, but the existing literature on disruptive innovation has not systematically examined windows of opportunity and legitimacy. Secondly, research on responses to windows of opportunity has focused on the firm level, neglecting the active shaping role of government at the cultural and cognitive levels. Therefore, this paper integrates opportunity windows and legitimacy into the study of disruptive innovation processes, and takes Shengzhou′s integrated stove industry, a typical case of successful use of disruptive innovation to achieve transformation and upgrading, as the object of study. It intends to explore the sources of opportunity windows for disruptive innovation and strategies to promote the identification and response of opportunity windows, with a view to providing inspiration and reference for the transformation and upgrading of regional industries.Through the case study of the integrated stove industry in Shengzhou, this paper revealed how enterprises and governments identify and respond to the window of opportunity of disruptive innovation. The main research conclusions were that windows of opportunity for disruptive product innovation arise from two performance realization options: changing a product′s single performance module and switching the way it is structured between modules; the identification of windows of opportunity for disruptive innovation is facilitated by factors such as firms′ technological ambitions and network synergies, and the continued identification of windows of opportunity is further ensured by government brand awareness and resource support; regional companies can use "functional inspiration-emotional construction-emotional enhancement" strategy to gradually establish normative and cognitive legitimacy. Regional government can use the strategy of "standard construction-government legitimacy spillover-platform legitimacy spillover" to promote the rapid transition of regional industries from the low-end to the mainstream market.This paper further enriched the study of disruptive innovation by exploring the process of disruptive innovation in regional industries and identifying the strategic role of government in cognitive shaping and meaning making. On the other hand, it identified the legitimacy issues in unique contexts, and it explored how firms and governments can adopt relevant strategies to address legitimacy issues in the disruptive innovation process. It will provide inspiration and lessons for regional government and business practice. Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on the decisive factors of domestic substitution application on key strategic materials Wang Chang, He Qi, Geng Hongjun, Zhou Yifang 2023, 44(12): 93-103.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.010 Abstract ( 140 )       The global supply chain is facing complex and unprecedented threats due to the trade war and technology decoupling, the bottleneck problem of China′s key strategic materials and the risk of supply chain interruption are increasingly prominent, domestic substitution is an effective means to guarantee the independent control of key strategic materials and enhance the resilience of supply chain. However, the domestic substitution of China′s key strategic materials is facing the dilemma of "having but not using", and the promotion process is seriously hindered. The key to solving this problem is to identify the decisive factors of domestic alternatives adoption on key strategic materials, so it has become an important issue at present. Existing research has explored domestic substitution from the perspective of innovation, commercialization and organizational adoption, and has put forward many original views, but the research on domestic substitution application from the perspective of organizational adoption is relatively insufficient, the discussion on the influencing factors focuses on the single level of technology, organization or environment, and ignores the complexity of domestic substitution.This paper sought to address the question: what are the decisive factors that affect the domestic substitution adoption of key strategic materials? In order to improve the reliability of the research, this paper used the mixed research method of grounded theory and large sample empirical research. The advantage of grounded theory is that it can extract new theories from phenomena or practices, and large sample empirical research can verify the extracted theories, which is applicable to the research issues in this paper. In the first stage, this paper collected the data of seven representative enterprises, extracted the decisive factors and constructed model of the domestic substitution by using the grounded theory. In the second stage, 371 questionnaires were collected in various ways to verify the decisive factors and models. This paper constructed the “purchase-sales-environment” decisive factor model of domestic substitution adoption on key strategic materials, and had the following finding: firstly, material readiness, supplier trust and switching cost are the decisive factors and preconditions that affect whether an enterprise can successfully purchase domestic materials. Among these purchase-related factors, material readiness is the prerequisite of domestic substitution adoption, supplier trust is the key thrust, and switching cost is an important resistance. Secondly, demand opportunity and customer recognition are important pulling forces that determine whether an enterprise can successfully sale products containing domestic materials. Among these sales-related factors, demand opportunity reflects the market prospects and potential of domestic materials, customer recognition is an important condition to reduce the barriers to market entry of domestic products and relieve market pressure. Thirdly, government support and social norms provide formal and informal institutional environment support for domestic substitution adoption, and play an important moderating role. Among these environment-related factors, the government′s support in the application of insurance, subsidies, application demonstration projects and other aspects will help enterprises reduce the cost of domestic substitution adoption, social norms will stimulate enterprises′ positive awareness and provide good environmental support for domestic substitution adoption of key strategic materials.This paper mainly had the following two theoretical contributions: (1) This paper contributes to the research on the influencing factors of domestic substitution. Existing research focuses on the innovation and commercialization of domestic technology, ignoring that domestic substitution is a special and complex organizational adoption behavior. This paper constructs and verifies the "purchase - sales - environment" decisive factor model from the perspective of organizational adoption, breaks through the scope of the existing research on "0 or 1" of domestic materials, identifies the decisive factor of "use" in the process of domestic substitution, and provides an effective explanation for the dilemma of "having but not using". (2) This paper contributes to the research on organizational adoption. Unlike previous studies focusing on digitization, organizational change situations, this paper discusses the domestic substitution adoption of key strategic materials in the context of industrial chain supply chain security, expands the research context of organizational adoption, and provides new insights and evidence for deconstructing the logic of organizational adoption.This paper also provided some ideas for the government to promote the process of domestic substitution and improve the security level of the supply chain. For example, the government needs to reduce the purchase concerns of enterprises about domestic materials, increase the sales opportunities of products with high localization rate, and optimize the external environment for domestic substitution adoption of key strategic materials. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on mechanisms for achieving radical innovation in industry-university-research alliance for key common technologies Shi Jincheng, Zhu Ling, Mei Jingyao 2023, 44(12): 104-114.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.011 Abstract ( 142 )      The key common technology research in the industry-university-research alliance has become an important organizational form for the overall technological transition of China′s manufacturing industry and radical innovation realization. However, few studies have focused on the relationship between alliance knowledge governance and radical innovation in the context of key common technological breakthroughs. Most of the studies focused on the context of industry-university organizations dominated by bilateral relations, and there are still insufficient discussions on knowledge governance of industry-university-research alliances that are policy-driven, task-oriented, and key common technologies with complex multilateral relationships. In addition, these studies on knowledge governance performance focused on the output of collaborative projects or the innovation output of participating enterprises. Based on the relevant literature on knowledge governance and radical innovation, this study explored the unique knowledge governance mechanism of industry-university-research alliances for key common technology research and how the alliance can better achieve radical innovation through these knowledge governance mechanisms. This paper adopted the multi-case study method and selected five typical key common technologies such as advanced packaging and testing, key machinery and equipment (agriculture), intelligent medical equipment, clean coal combustion, and graphite refining as research objects for exploring the knowledge governance mechanism and its mechanism of action on radical innovation. This paper mainly has three sources of data: first, sorted-out information from the alliance website and interviews with project leaders; second, first-hand information obtained from the research projects of typical alliances and from annual meeting activities hosted by the alliances; third, information from interviews with the management personnel of the alliance so as to provide a comprehensive understanding of the development status of the alliance.Through the intra-case and inter-case analysis of five alliances, this paper summarized the relationship between alliance knowledge governance, knowledge sharing, and radical innovation, and proposes propositions. This study showed that: (1) the knowledge governance mechanism of alliance includes collective interest binding and collaborative structure control; (2) collective interest binding and collaborative structure control both have positive impacts on radical innovation; and (3) knowledge sharing breadth and depth play the intermediary role between alliance knowledge governance and radical innovation. This study had two main theoretical contributions. On the one hand, it advanced the research on alliance knowledge governance mechanisms. The collective interest bundling mechanism breaks through the knowledge governance mechanism centered on individual incentives and value realization. In the context of key common technological breakthroughs, technological complexity and externalities of technological breakthroughs require resource integration and continuous interaction of various types of participants. Through joint investment in innovation resources, joint construction of R&D platforms, and sharing of collective research benefits, etc., strategic goals and value requirements are ensured. The collaborative architecture control mechanism responds to the alliance structure governance strategy. Unlike alliances that solve deterministic technical problems through bureaucratic or authoritative organizational control structures, key common technical problems are highly complex, risky, and uncertain. Therefore, the structural governance of alliances needs to meet dynamic adjustments and efficient collaboration across organizational boundaries. On the other hand, this paper depicted the relationship between alliance knowledge governance mechanism and radical innovation in the context of key common technology research, and explored the intermediary mechanism of knowledge sharing between heterogeneous organizations between knowledge governance and radical innovation, and deconstructed the two dimensions of knowledge sharing depth and knowledge sharing breadth to construct the relationship among knowledge governance, knowledge sharing, and radical innovation. The results will provide a reference to tackle key common technologies of industry-university-research alliances. Related Articles | Metrics

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Impact of local science and technology policy mix characteristics on industrial innovation: A case study of Sichuan Province Ming Cuiqin, Chen Lei 2023, 44(12): 115-124.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.012 Abstract ( 151 )       The policies formulated by the local governments are the key factors to promote the development of regional innovation, and science and technology policies play a vital role in enhancing the independent innovation capability of industries. However, policy is often not a single form, but a combination of multiple policies interacts with innovation. Simply adding an indiscriminate number of policy instruments at the same time may reduce the effectiveness of the policy mix. This paper made an empirical study on the role of the characteristics of local science and technology policy mix in industrial innovation. Taking the science and technology policies in Sichuan Province from 2012 to 2020 as a case, the authors of this paper divided the policies into supply policy, demand policy and environment policy with text analysis method. A model was constructed to study the influence of the comprehensiveness, balance and consistency of different policy mix characteristics and the internal combination of the same policy tool on industrial innovation. The results showed that:First, when the local science and technology policy mix is characterized by a more balanced use of demand-led, technology-driven, and environmentally supportive tools, its positive impact on industrial innovation tends to be greater. The empirical analysis showed that the comprehensiveness, balance and consistency of the three types of policy mixes of supply, demand and environment have significant impacts on patent output and new product output value, indicating that the characteristics of different types of science and technology mixes in Sichuan Province have positive impacts on industrial innovation. As the number of policies increases, the interaction of policies becomes more and more complex. Existing studies have shown that multiple policy tools in different regions will influence and interact with each other, and different policy combinations will have positive or negative impacts on innovation. A more balanced expansion of the use of the three types of science and technology policy tools and improvement of their synergy will effectively drive industrial innovation.Second, a more comprehensive local science and technology policy mix could strengthen industrial innovation activities to generate new technological outputs and economic outputs. The empirical analysis showed that the mix of supply-oriented, demand-oriented and environment-oriented policies has a significant impact on patent output and new product output value, indicating that the science and technology policy mixes of Sichuan Province can help enterprises carry out scientific and technological innovation activities, build a new engine to drive industrial development, and provide solid support for the development. A more comprehensive policy mix could thus promote local innovation.Third, simply adding a large number of supply - and demand-oriented policy tools at the same time may reduce the effectiveness of the policy mix and may often fail to have a positive impact on industrial innovation. The empirical analysis showed that the consistency of the internal tool mix of demand-oriented policies has no significant impact on the output value of patents and new products, and the balance and consistency of the internal tool mix of supply-oriented policies has no significant impact on the output value of new products, indicating that when designing the policy mix, strengthening the market incentive and developing the innovation ability of new products and technologies, the balance and synergy between these two policy instruments becomes a key feature that needs to be addressed, and simply adding an indiscriminate number of policy instruments at the same time may reduce the effectiveness of the policy mix. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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A study on measurement of the financial management comprehensive capacity of China′s national scientific research institutes Zhang Shiwei, Suo Weilan, Yue Weizhen 2023, 44(12): 125-135.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.013 Abstract ( 116 )      In China, national scientific research institutes are the important parts of strategic strengths in the fields of science and technology, and they are also related to the long-term development and strategic overall situation of the country. Scientific research funds are the “blood” for the operation of scientific research institutes and the guarantee for the smooth development of scientific research projects. It is one of the important pillars for supporting the high-quality development of national scientific research institutes to give full play to the use efficiency of scientific research funds by relying on good financial management comprehensive capacity. How to scientifically measure the financial management comprehensive capacity of national scientific research institutes is a topic of great research value. The features of the measurement problem of financial management comprehensive capacity of national scientific research institutes involve criteria interdependency, criteria attributes diversity, and fusion of multi-source data. Regarding these features, a research design was first conducted, in which connotation definition of financial management comprehensive capacity for national scientific research institutes, criteria system construction, and measurement method based on subjective and objective combination weighting by integrating the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method and the empowerment method of Gini coefficient are involved. Then, an empirical study was conducted based on the collected financial management information of 104 sample institutes affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. This study showed that: firstly, about 9.6% institutes are high-capacity ones, which are attributed to superior geographical location advantages and their own good scientific research fund management mechanisms. These excellent research institutes generally attach importance to financial management, have a high degree of participation in resource planning, major decision-making and major project management, and have strong fund coordination ability, strong budget constraint and effective cost control. The level of financial intelligence and informatization construction is high, which greatly improves the work efficiency and quality. The internal control system is perfect, and the risk identification and prevention ability are strong. It is able to actively promote the reforms to streamline administration and delegate power, improve regulation, and upgrade services, solve the problems of complicated reimbursement, provide high-level scientific research financial assistants, and provide a relaxed atmosphere for scientific and technological innovation. Leaders in charge of the Institute and financial directors actively participate in relevant training. Secondly, about 1.9% institutes are low-capacity ones, mainly due to lack of effective incentives in the internal management system and mechanism. High-end accounting personnel has the low proportion and financial personnel are aging, and both of them are difficult to adapt to the new situation of the government accounting system reform and the reform of various scientific research funds. The financial management is not paid attention to, the decision-making power of the financial management personnel is low, the frequency of financial activities is not high, and the performance in improving the corporate governance ability is weak. The intelligence level of financial management is backward, the work efficiency is low, and the traditional management mode is wasteful. The implementation of the reform of government functions is not in place, the internal control system is not perfect, and the scientific research personnel do not have a strong sense of funding reform. The enthusiasm for winning awards is not high. Thirdly, about 88.5% institutes are unbalanced-capacity ones, and the regional and disciplinary differences have a greater impact on them. Whether it is an extreme-imbalance type or a general-imbalance type research institute, there are obvious dimensional weaknesses, and the development of each dimension is not balanced, which is obviously not conducive to the overall promotion of the comprehensive capacity of financial management of national scientific research institutes. Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on the configuration effect of entrepreneurial cost perception on entrepreneurial intention Xu Kun, Jia Junwei, Zhang Haoyue, Bao Xinzhong 2023, 44(12): 136-145.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.014 Abstract ( 117 )       The level of regional start-up cost is an important indicator to determine whether, where and when entrepreneurs start businesses. Entrepreneurs′ subjective perception of the entrepreneurial environment, local government support, the abundance of regional talent reserve, the difficulty of financing and other factors will also affect entrepreneurs′ entrepreneurial intention. The research showed that there is a certain deviation between objective start-up cost and subjective cost perception of entrepreneurs in some cities, which results in obvious differences in subjective and objective rankings of policy environment cost, financing availability and technology availability. Therefore, in the case of differences between subjective and objective start-up costs, entrepreneurs′ subjective perception of local start-up costs will become the core factor that directly affects their entrepreneurial intention.Previous studies have found that business cost, environmental cost, regulation cost, financing cost and investment cost have a heterogeneous impact on entrepreneurial intention. Some scholars also analyze the impact of urban entrepreneurial cost perception on entrepreneurial willingness and entrepreneurial effectiveness. However, existing scholars tend to focus on explicit costs such as human cost and study their impact on entrepreneurial willingness from a single dimension, while few studies take hidden costs such as financing environment into account, or integrate multiple cost dimensions to study their impact on entrepreneurial willingness. However, the impact of start-up cost on start-up intention is a complex process under the synergistic action of multiple factors, which needs to consider the synergistic linkage of multiple cost factors. Therefore, it is very important to explore the impact of start-up cost perception configuration effect on start-up intention.In addition, previous studies mostly explored the "net effect" of a single factor′s influence on entrepreneurial intention based on traditional regression analysis methods. Meanwhile, the analysis method of moderating variables was used to try to answer the configuration effect. However, in such studies, it was difficult to answer the configuration effect of multiple factors (especially more than three factors), and it was unable to dig out a clearer causal complex mechanism. Therefore, it is impossible to elucidate the configuration effect of synergistic entrepreneurial cost factors on entrepreneurial intention. Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) based on configuration thinking can effectively overcome the limitations of traditional analysis methods and fully explore the influence mechanism of the linkage effect of multiple levels of antecedent variables on entrepreneurial intention.In view of this, in order to systematically deconstruct the combination of antecedents of entrepreneurial intention driven by entrepreneurial costs, this paper divided entrepreneurial costs into explicit costs and invisible costs from the perspective of the whole entrepreneurial cost and according to relevant concepts in economics, and constructed an entrepreneurial cost evaluation system. Taking 29 representative cities in China as samples, the fsQCA method was adopted to explore the relationship between different configurations composed of 7 antecedent variables and entrepreneurial intention, and explore the promotion path of entrepreneurial intention.The results showed that: (1) driving entrepreneurial intention has the characteristics of "multiple concurrency" and "common destination", and a single entrepreneurial cost factor does not constitute the necessary condition for the generation of entrepreneurial intention; (2) The activation mechanism of high entrepreneurial intention can be divided into four main paths: explicit cost-driven, social environment-driven, comprehensive cost-driven and explicit cost-technology-driven; (3) Under specific start-up cost conditions, economic environment cost and business cost have substitution relationship in the production process of high entrepreneurial intention; (4) Technology entrepreneurs are more sensitive to explicit costs in the start-up stage and more sensitive to the policy environment in the growth stage. The research conclusion is helpful to clarify the composition of start-up costs, explore the sensitive cost factors that affect entrepreneurial intention, and it has important theoretical and practical significance for stimulating entrepreneurial vitality in different regions and creating a good regional entrepreneurial ecology. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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A study on the mechanism of the impact of persistent innovation on the recovery of poor-performing firms He Xiaogang, Chen Yuan, Yang Chan, Yan Jingbo 2023, 44(12): 146-157.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.015 Abstract ( 126 )       The recovery of poor-performing firms is an important strategic issue. Based on the dynamic capability theory, this paper constructed a recovery model of poor-performing firms based on persistent innovation. It focused on the relationship between the cultivation of persistent innovation capability and the recovery of such firms, and it also discussed the moderating effects of the degree of marketization level and regional trust level. Based on the data of 455 Chinese listed companies under poor performance from 2007 to 2018, this paper made a study and the results showed that: (1) the cultivation of persistent innovation capability of poor-performing firms has a significantly positive effect on value recreation, that is, both of the immediate response strategy which aims at strengthening current innovation input and the precautionary strategy which aims at exploiting previous innovation accumulation are conducive to the firms′ recovery. (2) The effect of the poor-performing firms′ persistent innovation capability on its recovery will be restricted by institutional environment, and the marketization level strengthens the positive relationship between the precautionary strategy and the firms′ recovery; and the regional trust level strengthens both the positive effect of immediate response strategy and precautionary strategy on the firms′ recovery. (3) Compared with state-owned enterprises, precautionary strategy exerts greater value in the poor-performing private enterprises. And the moderating effects of regional trust level also exhibits greater effect on such poor-performing private enterprises. This paper revealed the impact mechanism of persistent innovation on the recovery of poor-performing firms, which makes great theoretical and practical contributions to how to enable the poor-performing firms to achieve recovery. Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on the impact of carbon emission rights trading on carbon performance of enterprises Wang Pei, Huang Shan, Wang Yao, Li Wenxin 2023, 44(12): 158-169.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.016 Abstract ( 358 )       Carbon emission rights trading is an important environmental regulation tool for the state to encourage enterprises to reduce carbon emission and achieve green and low-carbon development. Carbon performance reflects the relationship between business development and carbon dioxide emissions, and it is an important indicator to measure the development of green and low-carbon economy. Based on the panel data of China′s listed companies from 2010 to 2019, this paper empirically analyzed the impact of carbon emission rights trading on corporate carbon performance and its mechanism by using the measurement methods of SE-SBM, multi-period PSM-DID and mediating effect model. The main conclusions are as follows: carbon emission rights trading significantly improves corporate carbon performance; carbon emission rights trading positively affects corporate carbon performance by promoting corporate low-carbon technology innovation; and there is heterogeneity in the effect of carbon emission rights trading, which has a more significant role in promoting source control-based low-carbon technology innovation and has a better long-term effect. Based on the above conclusions, this paper put forward the following suggestions. First, relevant authority should continue to improve the carbon emission rights trading system and promote enterprises′ low-carbon technology innovation, so as to improve their carbon performance. They should further improve the carbon emission rights trading price mechanism and market mechanism, promote enterprises′ low-carbon technology innovation through cost constraints and economic incentives, so that the emission reduction effect achieved by innovation can bring tangible environmental and economic benefits to enterprises. The carbon emission rights trading system should comply with other environmental and economic policies to encourage enterprises to carry out low-carbon technology innovation. On the one hand, low carbon technology innovation with source control can help enterprises reduce carbon emissions from the root while avoiding the recurrence of governance costs. Therefore, it is necessary to provide policy support to economic behaviors adopting such innovation. On the other hand, end-governance of low-carbon technology innovation is also an indispensable means for enterprises to carry out environmental governance. However, as it fails to contribute to the greening of enterprise production process and low-carbon product structure, it has not become the best choice for enterprises under the role of carbon emission rights trading system. Relevant policies should focus on making up for the disadvantage of terminal innovation in terms of economic benefits. For example, in terms of enterprise income tax, enterprises which intend to purchase equipment used to improve their waste treatment process, and the enterprise income tax payable in the current year should be offset according to a certain proportion of the investment amount. At the same time, the end of the green research and development expenses before tax deduction proportion should be increased. Enterprises are encouraged to further reduce carbon emissions at the end of production, and they should work together with source treatment technologies to improve their carbon performance and achieve high-quality development.This paper clarified the mechanism and influence path of carbon emission rights trading on corporate carbon performance, enriched and expanded the research perspective of carbon emission rights trading at the micro level, provided some empirical evidence for the construction of national carbon emission rights trading, provided some theoretical basis for enterprises to improve their carbon performance with the help of carbon emission rights trading, and also provided some beneficial reference for the realization of the dual goals of “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality”. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on the mechanism of patent pledge right exercising to promote the innovation of micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises Zhao Zhenyang, Zhong Zhanghui, Li Xinli, Zhang Ziyu 2023, 44(12): 170-178.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.017 Abstract ( 157 )      China′s micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) play an important role in the economic and social development, and its innovative development is the core of MSMEs to achieve high-quality development. However, MSMEs still face the problem of “expensive and difficult financing”, which greatly hinders the innovation and development of them. Patent pledge is a new financing method in China, and it provides a new financing channel for MSMEs. With the gradual expansion of the pilot scope of patent pledge policy, the total amount of patent pledge financing in China has shown a growing trend. Patent pledge financing has become an important financing channel and financing method for MSMEs, and relevant data provide a good research scenario for us to study the impact of patent pledge on enterprise innovation.This paper selected a data set of China′s National Equities Exchange and Quotations (NEEQ) listed companies from 2016 to 2021 as samples, and took the enterprise pledge right exercising as the starting point to empirically study the impact of patent pledge right exercising on enterprise innovation of MSMEs. The results showed that patent pledge has a significant promoting effect on enterprise innovation. The results also showed that patent pledge right exercising can effectively alleviate the financing constraints of enterprises and promote their innovation. The heterogeneity test showed that in high-tech enterprises, non-state-owned enterprises, and enterprises in central and eastern regions, the impact of patent pledge right exercising on enterprise innovation is more significant. Further research showed that patent pledge right exercising can improve the innovation ability of enterprises, and then improve their business performance.Under the background of Chinese-style innovation, it is of great practical significance to explore the mechanism of patent pledge affecting the innovation of MSMEs. The research of this paper has the following three aspects of contribution. First, the existing literature is only based on the pilot areas of patent pledge, but there is no literature from the perspective of patent pledge right exercising to study its impact on the innovation mechanism of MSMEs, which is a useful supplement to the research on patent pledge financing. Second, the paper examined the mechanism, heterogeneity and economic consequences of patent pledge right exercising affecting the innovation of MSMEs, which has certain implications for the further implementation, improvement and promotion of patent pledge policies in China. Third, this paper studied the exercising of patent pledge right and the innovation of MSMEs, and provided suggestions for the formulation of policies for the innovation and development of MSMEs, thus further promoting the realization of Chinese-style innovation goals and promoting the high-quality development of MSMEs.Based on the empirical analysis results, this paper proposed the following implications in formulating policies: first, the implementation of patent pledge policy should be actively promoted throughout China to encourage more MSMEs to pledge patents. The financing scale of patent pledge should be further expanded, and the term of patent pledge right exercising should be extended, so as to improve the implementation level of patent pledge policies. In addition, a special innovation fund should be established to strengthen the credit support of financial institutions for MSMEs, expand the amount of innovation loans for MSMEs, and create a good environment for independent innovation, so as to promote the high-quality development of MSMEs. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on the impact of abusive leadership on product innovation failure of R&D personnel Wang Bingcheng, Zhu Yamei, Sun Yuxin 2023, 44(12): 179-187.  DOI: 10.19571/j.cnki.1000-2995.2023.12.018 Abstract ( 191 )      With the updating and iteration of digital technology and the complexity and variability of consumer demand preferences, product innovation has become an important way for enterprises to maintain competitive advantage in the rapidly changing market environment. As the main body of innovation activities, R&D personnel directly determine the success or failure of product innovation. However, although product innovation is very important, it is not always successful. In practice, the failure rate of product innovation remains high. According to incomplete statistics, its value is no less than 35%, and the negative brand spillover effect caused by product innovation failure has brought huge losses to enterprises. Therefore, product innovation failure is a problem that should not be ignored by any enterprise. It is necessary to conduct an in-depth discussion on the relevant factors affecting the failure of product innovation of R&D personnel.Most of the existing studies focus on the factors that influence the success of product innovation. Although a few scholars have pointed out the reasons for the failure of some product innovation, they have relatively neglected the impact of leadership behavior, an organizational factor, on the failure of product innovation. The literature shows that abusive leadership can inhibit employees′ innovation behavior, but few studies have explored the impact of abusive leadership on product innovation failure of R&D personnel. In addition, in the face of insults such as abuse, criticism and public ridicule from leaders, employees are more inclined to choose surface-acting strategies to cope with the work within their roles, and this strategy is more likely to lead to the unlimited consumption of employees′ psychological resources, which will lead to emotional exhaustion, and ultimately result in failure. Therefore, this study explores the impact of abusive leadership on product innovation failure of R&D personnel, and the chain mediating role of surface acting and emotional exhaustion.Based on the cognitive appraisal theory of stress and the ego depletion theory, we built a theoretical model of the impact of abusive leadership on the product innovation failure of R&D personnel. Through a questionnaire survey of 400 employees, we finally collected 296 valid questionnaires and tested the model with the help of SPSS, Structural Equation Model, Bootstrap and other methods. The results showed that the abusive leadership positively affects the product innovation failure of R&D personnel; surface acting and emotional exhaustion play a mediating role in the relationship between abusive leadership and product innovation failure of R&D personnel; surface acting and emotional exhaustion play a chain mediating role between abusive leadership and product innovation failure of R&D personnel.The theoretical contributions of this study include: firstly, different from previous studies, which mainly discuss product innovation from a positive perspective, this study focused on the failure of product innovation of R&D personnel, which have broadened the research perspective of product innovation to a certain extent; secondly, based on the cognitive appraisal theory of stress and the ego depletion theory, we revealed the chain mediating role of surface acting and emotional exhaustion in this process, which has not only clarified the path of abusive leadership affecting the product innovation failure of R&D personnel, but also enriched the research theory in this field; and finally, this study delved deeper into the emotional evolution process of product innovation failure induced by abusive leadership among R&D personnel, and analyzed the impact of abusive leadership on the evolution of individual negative emotions during product failure among R&D personnel, which has, to some extent, broadened the current research approach of scholars towards abusive leadership.The management implications of this study include: firstly, in management practice, leaders should adhere to the principles of "calm in case of trouble" and "treat things rather than people", and try to avoid abusive management; secondly, enterprises should cultivate correct emotional labor strategies for R&D personnel, eliminate the burden of negative emotional expression of employees and reduce their surface acting by paying attention to the emotional expression of R&D personnel and standardizing the words and deeds of leaders; and thirdly, enterprises should take intervention measures against the negative emotions of R&D personnel, and avoid emotional exhaustion by strengthening emotional and resource support for R&D personnel, establishing complaint channels for R&D personnel. Related Articles | Metrics