网络异位置企业联盟对低位置企业跃迁的效果:合作伙伴网络位置与环境敌对性的调节作用

The Impact of Network Heterophilous Alliance on the Network Position Transition of Poorly Embedded Firms:The Moderating Roles of Partners' Network Position and Environmental Hostility

网络位置日益成为企业获取竞争优势的重要源泉,低位置企业能否通过网络异位置联盟方式突破低位置陷阱,具有重要的实践价值。本文以中国信息行业企业为样本,使用系统广义矩估计分析网络异位置联盟对低位置企业位置跃迁效果,以及低位置企业合作伙伴网络位置和环境敌对性的调节作用。研究发现:(1)网络异位置企业联盟对低位置企业的网络位置跃迁具有正向促进作用;(2)合作伙伴网络位置对网络异位置企业联盟与低位置企业的网络位置跃迁之间关系具有正向调节作用;(3)环境敌对性对网络异位置企业联盟与低位置企业的网络位置跃迁之间关系具有负向调节作用。

Network position has increasingly been recognized as the critical sources of competitive advantage of the firms. How to overcome the network structural trap has important practical value for poorly embedded firms. In this study,we examine the impact of network heterophilous alliance on the position growth of poorly embedded firm. Moreover,based on the imprinting theory,we explore the moderating roles of partner＇s network position and environmental hostility in the relationship between network heterophilous alliance and the position growth of poorly embedded firms. To test our arguments,we use alliance data from firms in Chinese information industry and adopt system GMM model analysis. The study finds that：（ 1） Network heterophilous alliance is positively related to the position growth of poorly embedded firms;（ 2） Partners＇ network position moderates positively the relationship between network heterophilous alliance and the position growth of poorly embedded firms;（ 3） Environmental hostility moderates negatively the relationship between network heterophilous alliance and the position growth of poorly embedded firms.