国际研发合作对全球价值链分工地位的影响——基于吸收能力的门槛效应

International R&D Cooperation and the Position of Global Value Chains:Based on the Threshold Effect of Absorptive Capacity

基于知识吸收能力的视角,从理论和实证上考察国际研发合作对全球价值链分工地位攀升的作用及其门槛变量的影响。研究结果表明:在控制其他变量的基础上,国际研发合作能够显著地促进全球价值链分工地位攀升。进一步地,国际研发合作对全球价值链分工地位的影响还要受到经济体吸收能力的影响,要素禀赋、金融发展、人力资本、研发能力及制度环境等吸收能力分项维度对国际研发合作与全球价值链分工地位之间的关系具有显著的门槛调节效应。在全球研发网络和全球产业价值链加速融合的背景下,研究结论对中国企业通过选择国际合作研发策略、嵌入全球研发创新网络、强化知识吸收能力以进一步提升企业国际竞争力具有重要的启示意义。

Based on the theoretical perspective of knowledge absorption capacity,this paper examines the relationship between the international R&D cooperation networks and the position of the labor division of global value chains(GVCs),and further explores the effect of threshold variables.Main findings are as follows.Firstly,the international R&D cooperation is conducive to enhancing the division of labor in GVCs,and this effect will vary as the origins of international R&D cooperation.Secondly,the impact of international R&D cooperation on the labor division of global value chains is affected by the absorptive capacity of economies.The elements of absorptive capacity,such as factor endowment,financial development,human capital,R&D capability and institutional environment,show nonlinear threshold effects with the global value chains.This paper provides implications on how to enhance China's international competitiveness by strengthening knowledge absorption capacity,choosing cooperation R&D strategies and embedding in the global R&D networks.