外部R&D、技术距离、市场距离与企业创新绩效

External R&D,Technology Distance,Market Distance and Innovation Performance

本文探讨了在开放式创新模式下企业外部R&D、技术距离、市场距离与创新绩效的关系。基于2008—2011年中国创新企业面板数据,本研究采用泊松估计模型对影响企业创新的因素进行实证研究。结果表明,企业外部R&D与创新绩效呈倒U型关系;企业的技术距离负向调节外部R&D与创新绩效的关系,技术距离低的企业在更低的外部R&D水平上就能达到最优创新绩效;企业的市场距离正向调节外部R&D与创新绩效的关系,市场距离高的企业在更低的外部R&D水平上就能实现最优创新绩效。

This paper investigates the roles of technology distance and market distance in moderating the relationshipbetween external R＆D and innovation performance in the context of open innovation. Using the panel data of the Chineseinnovative firms in 2008--2011, we applied Poisson regression to perform the empirical analyses. The results show thatthere is an inverted-U relationship between external R＆D and innovation performance. We find that technology distancemoderates the relationship between external R＆D and innovation performance negatively, and the peak of inverted-U isoccurring at a lower level of external R＆D for firms with smaller technology distance. In addition, market distancemoderates the relationship between external R＆D and innovation performance positively, and firms with larger marketdistance reaches the peak of inverted-U at a lower level of external R＆D.