外部关系资本与初创小企业创新:互补/辅助型二元知识整合的中介效应——来自大学生创业样本的实证检验

The Relationship between External Relational Capital and Innovation of Small-scaled New Ventures:The Perspective of Complementary/Auxiliary Knowledge Integration——Empirical Test Based on College Students′ Entrepreneurial Samples

结合社会资本理论与知识管理理论,基于大学生创业样本,实证研究初创小企业外部关系资本对创新绩效的影响机理。结果表明:(1)初创小企业外部关系强度对其创新绩效具有倒U型影响,而关系广泛性对创新绩效具有促进作用;(2)关系强度对互补型知识整合具有倒U型影响,对辅助型知识整合具有促进作用,而关系广泛性对互补型知识整合与辅助型知识整合均起到促进作用;(3)互补型与辅助型二元知识整合在外部关系资本与创新绩效关系间起一定中介作用,尤其是互补型知识整合在关系强度与创新绩效间的正向中介效应随着关系强度的提高而减弱,当关系强度达到较高程度时将转为负向的中介效应。

combined with the Social Capital Theory and Knowledge Management Theory, this research empirically studies the influence mechanism of external relational capital on the innovation performance based on small and micro sized new ventures based on samples of college student entrepreneurship. The results show that： （1） the strength of small and mi cro sized new ventures＇ external relationship has inverted U influence on the innovation performance, and the extensive of external relationship has a positive role on innovation performance; （2） there is an inverted U type relationship between relational strength and complementary knowledge integration, while relational strength can promote auxiliary knowledge integration, and the relational extensive can promote both complementary knowledge integration and auxiliary knowledge integration; （3） the dual knowledge integration of complementary and auxiliary play intermediary role between external relational capital and innovation performance. This research can deepen the theoretical understanding of the ＂paradox of relational capital＂, but also provide useful insights for the enterprises＇ management practice of knowledge integration.