Abstract: The distribution of non-economic benefits of innovation subjects has an important impact on the process performance of collaborative innovation projects, but there are few related studies, especially in relation to intermediary mechanisms. This paper constructs a relationship influence model between honor, power and knowledge multiple distribution system and collaborative innovation project process performance based on the intermediary effect of project culture. Through 263 valid questionnaires, the influence parameters of honor, power, knowledge and culture on process performance are empirically obtained. The research finds that honor distribution has the largest direct effect on process performance, while the direct positive relationship between knowledge distribution and process performance is not significant. Project culture has a significant mediating effect between honor distribution and knowledge distribution and process performance, respectively, while the mediating effect between power distribution and process performance is not significant. This study enriches the benefit distribution theory and performance evaluation theory of project management, and provides operational suggestions and countermeasures for managers to design reasonable non-economic benefit distribution mode and non-economic incentive system.

Key words: innovation subject, non-economic benefits, profit distribution mode, collaborative innovation project, process performance