An Exploration into the Factors that Influence the Effective Operation of Industrial-scale Trial Production

Abstract

Abstract: Industrial-scale trial production is a key link in the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Most of R&D results are confined to industrial-scale trial production, with little attention paid to what factors affect the production process. Based on a long-term tracking survey of enterprises, this paper abstracts five influencing factors and explores their respective effects through a large sample survey and data analysis. The results reveal that:(1) the industrial-scale trial production of Chinese enterprises has been improving, and the low conversion rate of scientific and technological achievements is taking a turn for the better; (2) process innovation capability and human and equipment resources involved in trial production contribute significantly to the effectiveness of industrial-scale trial production; (3) risk-taking capacity has an inverted U-shaped impact on the effectiveness of industrial-scale trial production; (4) the effectiveness of industrial-scale trial production is different among enterprises of different scales, different nature and different production process organization methods (process-based vs discrete type). The findings above provide practical evidence for the acquisition and utilization of elements in the implementation mechanism of the effective operation of industrial-scale trial production, and help further clarify the process, system and structure of industrial-scale trial production management.

Key words: industrial-scale trial production, influencing factors, transformation of scientific and technological achievements

Zhang Ruxin, Lin Jun, Li Suicheng. An Exploration into the Factors that Influence the Effective Operation of Industrial-scale Trial Production[J]. Management Review, 2022, 34(7): 129-138.

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