外部知识搜索对制造企业技术创新的影响——知识协奏能力的中介作用与创新意愿的调节作用

Research on the Impact of External Knowledge Search on Technological Innovation of Manufacturing Firms——the Mediating role of Knowledge Orchestration Capacity and the Moderating Role of Innovation Willingness

知识是企业技术创新的基础,企业不仅要搜索外部知识,还应具备知识协奏能力。基于知识基础理论和资源协奏理论,将外部知识搜索分为搜索宽度和搜索深度两个维度,探讨二者对企业技术创新的影响,并研究知识协奏能力的中介作用和创新意愿的调节作用。结果表明,搜索宽度和搜索深度均对知识协奏能力有显著正向影响,知识协奏能力对企业技术创新有显著正向影响,且知识协奏能力分别在搜索宽度、搜索深度与企业技术创新之间起部分中介作用。此外,创新意愿在知识协奏能力与企业技术创新之间起调节作用。结论揭示了外部知识搜索对企业技术创新的内在作用机理,可为制造企业知识协奏能力和技术创新水平提升提供理论支持。

Knowledge is the foundation of firms'technological innovation.Firms should not only search for external knowledge,but also have the ability of knowledge orchestration.Drawing on the knowledge-based theory and the resource orchestration theory,we analyze the influence of the two dimensions of external knowledge search on technological innovation of firms and discuss the mediating role of knowledge orchestration capacity and the moderating role of innovation willingness.The empirical results show that both search breadth and search depth have significant positive impact on knowledge orchestration capacity,and knowledge orchestration capacity has significant positive impact on firms'technological innovation.Moreover,knowledge orchestration capacity plays a partial mediating role between the search breadth,search depth and firms'technological innovation,and innovation willingness plays a moderating role between knowledge orchestration capacity and firms'technological innovation.This paper reveals the internal mechanism of external knowledge search on firms'technological innovation and provides theoretical support for manufacturing firms to improve their knowledge orchestration capacity and technological innovation level.