中国企业设立海外研发中心模式选择的影响因素研究

A Study of the Factors Affecting the Mode Choices of Establishing Overseas R&D Centers by Chinese Enterprises

在全面开放和创新驱动的背景下,中国企业迎来了建立海外研究中心的新机遇。立足开放式创新理论、国际生产折衷理论和知识转移理论,从企业、东道国、技术三个维度构建了影响企业选择海外研发中心建立模式的分析框架。实证发现,母国企业的自身动机和技术能力、东道国的创新网络和市场资源、技术的可传授性等对企业选择何种海外研发中心建立模式具有重要影响。这不仅从后发国视角拓展了海外研发投资的分析框架,还为中国企业选择适宜的海外研发中心建立模式提供了参考。

In the context of all-round opening and innovation driving, Chinese enterprises have greeted the new opportunities of establishing their overseas RD research centers. This article constructs an analytical framework to analyze the factors affecting the enterprises in choosing their modes when establishing their overseas RD centers from the three dimensions of enterprise, the host country and technology on the basis of the open innovation theory, the international production eclectic theory and the knowledge transfer theory. The empirical findings show that such factors as the self motivation and technical capability of the enterprises of the home country, the innovation network and market resources of the host country, and the capability of technology transmission have significant influence on the choice of modes of establishing the overseas RD centers by the enterprises. This conclusion can not only expand the analytical framework of overseas RD investment from the perspective of the late-coming countries, but also provide references for Chinese enterprises to choose proper mode for the establishing of their overseas RD centers.