非本地情境下社会接近性对集群企业创新绩效的影响——技术接近性的调节效应

The Effect of Social Proximity on Cluster Firms’ Innovative Performance under Nonlocal Context:The Moderating Role of Technological Proximity

采用南京、西安等地生物医药集群企业的调研数据,基于多维接近性理论论证了非本地社会接近性特点,并检验了其对集群企业创新绩效的影响以及技术接近性的调节作用。结果表明,表征社会接近性的外设机构数、亲密伙伴数等指标对集群企业创新绩效具有积极影响,交流可持续性和交流频次的影响不显著。另外,技术接近性可以正向调节外设机构数和亲密伙伴数两个指标的影响,从而验证了非本地情境下的多维接近性复合效应。

Based on multi-dimensional proximity perspective,this study explores the contingent effect of social proximity and technological proximity on cluster firms’innovative performance by investigating biomedical clusters in Nanjing and Xi’an.The results indicate that the quantity of nonlocal subsidiaries and the number of close nonlocal partners have significant influence on innovative performance of cluster firms.However,the effect of sustainability and frequency of nonlocal contacts are not found.Technological proximity not only affects cluster firms’innovative performance directly,but also moderates the effect of social proximity partially.Thus,this paper contributes to literature by confirming the integrant effect of multi-dimensional proximity under the nonlocal context.