全球制造网络中后发企业的持续升级:一个双元性视角

An ambidexterity perspective for sustained upgrading of latecomer firms in global production networks

全球制造网络"嵌入悖论"的存在使后发企业面临沿价值链持续攀升的难题,即全球制造网络要求后发企业专注于价值链制造环节内的工艺升级与产品升级以提升当前经营效率的同时,也可能阻碍后发企业职能升级与跨链升级导致其长期适应能力减退。本研究通过对我国大型民营企业海天集团持续升级的纵向单案例研究,揭示了双元性可以作为后发企业破解全球制造网络"嵌入悖论"的一种机制,并进一步识别了联结多样化在构建双元性中的重要作用。因此,对于在全球制造网络中要实现持续升级的后发企业,首先必须要有主动构建双元性的战略意图,其次可在合作伙伴、合作方式与合作职能三个维度之间进行联结多样化配置来构建双元性。

The latecomer firm is facing the puzzle of sustained upgrading along the value chain as there exists the paradox of em- beddedness in Global Production Networks （GPNs）. That is, GPNs require the latecomer firm＇s process and product upgrading through its focusing on manufacturing links in value chain to advance its present operating efficiency, it will probably hinder the latecomer＇ s function and chain upgrading resulting in undermining its long adaptive capability simultaneously. Through a longitu- dinal case study of sustainable upgrading in Haitian Group, a large private firm in China, ambidexterity as a mechanism for the latecomer firm to break through the paradox of embeddedness in GPNs is revealed, and tie diversity playing a vital role in con- structing ambidexterity is also further identified. Therefore, for the latecomer firm which plans to realize durative upgrading in GPNs, they must have the strategic intent of actively building ambidexterity at the first, and configure tie diversity among the three dimensions of cooperative partner, cooperative pattern and cooperative function to build ambidexterity .