企业升级路径测量量表开发

Development of the Firm Upgrading Path Scale

已有学者从战略选择角度对企业升级路径进行了一定研究,但还没有开发企业升级路径测量量表。在对企业管理人员半结构化访谈的基础上,运用扎根理论的一般流程,使用Nvivo8.0质性分析软件对访谈材料进行编码,初步产生关联式编码12项。关联式编码条目化后,经专家小组讨论形成企业升级路径预测量表,并以制造型企业样本进行实证检验,最后形成正式量表。该量表具有良好的内部一致性信度、收敛效度和区别效度。量表包含产品升级、替代跨国公司产品、加强关键部件壁垒的突破、加大对生产服务投入、降低成本、"低碳运作,提升环保标准"、与合作企业有效协同及流程升级等八个企业升级路径维度。

Although some scholars have studied the firm upgrading path from the perspective of strategic choice,few have considered how to measure it. Following the standard procedures of grounded theory,we used Nvivo 8.0 to analyze the semi-structured interview data of corporate executives and generated 12 relational encoding results. Before analyzing the results,we established a multidimensional firm upgrading path scale based on a sample of manufacturing firms. Our study found that the scale exhibited good reliability,convergent validity and discriminant validity. It featured eight dimensions including'product upgrading''substituting multinational corporation( MNC) products''strengthen breaking through the barriers of key components''increasing production service investment''decreasing costs''low carbon operations and environmental standard improvement''effective collaboration with partners 'and'process upgrading'. Finally,we discussed the results and contributions of the study and also pointed out the implications of theory and practice,limitations,and future direction toward manufacturing firms.