研发国际化对中国企业创新绩效的影响——基于“政治关联”视角

The Effects of International R&D on Firms' Innovation:the Role of "Political Connection"

文章基于"政治关联"视角,以新产品销售作为企业创新绩效的代理指标,利用2008~2011年中国科技部400多家创新企业数据库的数据,考察企业与政府建立政治关系对企业海外研发战略的影响及机制。双向固定效应的估计结果表明:政治关联能够补偿国内企业的国际化研发成本,利于其通过海外研发提高企业创新绩效。研究发现:(1)政治关联企业更倾向于通过科学技术导向的海外研发促进创新绩效;(2)非政治关联企业更倾向于通过市场技术导向的海外研发促进创新绩效。研究结果对理解当前中国企业研发国际化的现象具有重要的启示意义。

Based on the new product as proxy variable and using Chinese firm level data between 2008 and 2011 from the Ministry of Science and Technology,this paper analyzes the influential factors on international R&D from the perspective of political connections. The empirical results show that political connection has compensated for the limited research and development expenditure to positively affect firms' innovation performance. In further,firms with political connections are more likely to associate with innovation performance based on science-based orientation,while others without political tie are more inclined to achieve innovation with market-based orientation. The results have important practical significance for R&D internationalization of Chinese enterprises and their relying on the international platform to optimize management of self-innovation.