管理评论

管理评论 ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (7): 90-102.

• 创新与创业管理 • 上一篇    下一篇

合作研发网络位置跃迁与突破性技术创新——基于知识基础的调节效应

李健1, 胡冰夏1, 余悦2   

  1. 1. 湖南大学工商管理学院, 长沙 410082;
    2. 湖南工商大学工商管理学院, 长沙 410205
  • 收稿日期:2022-12-06 发布日期:2025-07-30
  • 作者简介:李健，湖南大学工商管理学院副教授，博士生导师，博士;胡冰夏（通讯作者），湖南大学工商管理学院，硕士;余悦，湖南工商大学工商管理学院副教授，博士。
  • 基金资助:
    国家社会科学基金一般项目（23BGL051）；国家自然科学基金青年项目（72102066）

Position Transition within Collaborative R&D Network and Breakthrough Technological Innovation—The Moderating Effects of Knowledge Base

Li Jian1, Hu Bingxia1, Yu Yue2   

  1. 1. Business School of Hunan University, Changsha 410082;
    2. School of Business Administration, Hunan University of Technology and Business, Changsha 410205
  • Received:2022-12-06 Published:2025-07-30

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摘要： 合作研发网络是企业获取异质性知识的有效渠道，占据关键网络位置能为企业带来信息优势和控制优势。然而，现有文献关于网络位置跃迁与企业创新之间的关系暂未得出一致性结论。本文聚焦全球生物技术领域，以1995—2016年的264家企业为样本，实证分析合作研发网络中心位置跃迁和中介位置跃迁对突破性技术创新的影响，并考察企业知识基础深度与知识基础宽度所发挥的调节作用。结果表明，中心位置跃迁有助于突破性技术创新，中介位置跃迁与突破性技术创新呈U型关系；知识基础宽度正向调节中心位置跃迁与突破性技术创新之间的积极关系，但对中介位置跃迁与突破性技术创新关系的调节效应不显著；知识基础深度负向调节中心位置跃迁对突破性技术创新的积极作用，正向调节中介位置跃迁与突破性技术创新之间的U型关系。研究结论对理解网络位置跃迁与企业技术创新之间的复杂关系具有重要意义。

关键词: 合作研发网络, 网络位置跃迁, 知识基础, 突破性技术创新

Abstract: Cooperative R&D networks are effective channels for firms to obtain heterogeneous resources, and occupying key network positions can bring information and control advantages to firms. However, the existing literature has not yet reached a consistent conclusion on the relationship between network position transition and innovation. Focusing on the global biotechnology field, this paper selects a research sample of 264 firms during 1995-2016 to empirically analyze the effects of centrality transition and brokerage transition in collaborative R&D networks on firms’ breakthrough technological innovation, as well as the moderating role of the depth and width of firms’ knowledge bases. The results of the empirical study show that the centrality transition contributes to breakthrough technological innovation, while the brokerage transition has a U-shaped relationship with breakthrough technological innovation. Knowledge breadth positively moderates the relationship between the centrality transition and breakthrough technological innovation, but the moderating effect on the relationship between brokerage transition and breakthrough technological innovation is not significant. Knowledge depth negatively moderates the positive relationship between centrality transition and breakthrough technological innovation, but positively shapes the U-shaped relationship. The results of the study have important implications for understanding the complex relationship between network position transition and enterprise technological innovation.

Key words: collaborative R&D networks, network position transition, knowledge base, breakthrough technological innovation