不同信任情景下双元创新对网络惯例的影响

Impacts of Ambidextrous Innovation on Network Routines in Different Inter-organizational Trust Contexts

已有研究表明网络惯例是维持并协调技术创新网络运行的关键因素,但是网络惯例形成等方面的研究相对缺乏。探讨不同类型组织间信任情景下技术创新网络中企业的双元创新行为对网络惯例产生的差异性影响,在梳理相关文献的基础上,将组织间信任分为基于认知的信任和基于情感的信任两种,并按照高低程度不同划分为4个不同的信任情景,分别提出双元创新对网络惯例影响的理论假设。以生物制药、电子信息等具有较强研发合作强度和深度的典型行业为对象进行问卷调研,运用多元回归等方法进行统计检验分析。研究结果表明,不同信任情景下双元创新行为对网络惯例的影响不同,在组织间认知信任程度高的情景中,双元创新与网络惯例之间存在正向相关关系,在组织间认知信任程度较低的情景中,维持现状基础上循序发展的渐进性创新方式有利于网络惯例的形成。研究结论有助于深层次揭示网络惯例形成的影响因素,增强对技术创新网络运行内在规律的理解,对企业从更深层次上把握合作创新行为、提升合作绩效具有重要意义。

Although previous research have illustrated that network routines are the core elements to maintain and coordinate the technological innovation network, there are few studies on the formation of network routines. This paper explores the disparate impact of ambidextrous innovation behaviors of enterprises in the technological innovation network on network routines in different inter-organizational trust contexts. On the basis of related literatures, we divide the inter-organizational trust into the cognitive- based trust and the emotional-based trust and form four proposed trust contexts based on the trust levels. Theoretical hypotheses on the impacts of ambidextrous innovation on network routines are proposed in the four contexts. We survey enterprises with strong R＆D cooperation intensity and depth like bio-pharmacy and electronic information industries as research sample, and use multiple regression and other statistical methods to analyze data. Results show that： ambidextrous innovation behaviors have dif- ferent influences on the network routines in different contexts, in the contexts of high cognitive-based trust, the ambidextrous in- novation has a positive relationship with network routines, in the contexts of low cognitive-based trust, and the incremental inno- vation based on the status quo is conductive to the formation of network routines. The results will contribute to further uncovering the influencing factors of the formation of network routines and enhance the understanding of inherent operation laws of technologi- cal innovation network. It provides significant implications for enterprises to act cooperation and innovation behaviors to promote cooperation performance in a deep level.