基于知识视角探讨集群外部知识网络对技术创新的影响——以法国通信安全软件竞争力集群为例

An exploratory study of external knowledge,industrial cluster involvement and innovation performance:A case study of competitiveness clusters for the software industry in France

本研究的目的是要探讨厂商不同层次的外部知识,贸易和非贸易互赖关系及其对于不同种类创新绩效的影响。基于168家法国通信安全软件竞争力集群内厂商的实证研究显示,企业透过不同层次的外部知识来源会产生不同的效果,结果表明,厂商的跨国连结有助于厂商的贸易性互赖连结,可以进一步产生探索型创新(Exploration)。厂商的区域间连接可以产生非贸易的互赖连结,这有助于企业产生应用型创新(Exploitation),而厂商的跨区域连接则可以同时产业贸易和非贸易的相互依赖,创造探索与应用型创新。

The purpose of this study is to study different levels of external knowledge,their relation with trade and non- trade interdependence,and their relation with different kinds of innovation,namely,exploitation and exploration. This study finds that different levels of external knowledge in competitiveness clusters for the software industry in France have different effects. First of all,the results indicate that cross- national connections only have a positive influence on trade interdependence,which helps to produce exploration. Second,cross- regional connections have a positive influence on both trade and non- trade interdependence,which further help to create exploitation and exploration. Third,inter- regional connections have a positive influence on non- trade interdependence,which helps firms to increase the exploitation. Finally,the results indicate that by building trade interdependence,the exploratory innovation for firms is increased. Non- trade interdependence increases exploitation innovation for firms.