中国制造企业创新优势的外部来源:供应商选择效应与协作效应

有关企业创新的影响因素一直是理论界与实务界探讨的热点话题。利用167家中国制造企业调查数据,实证考察了企业不同创新模式下供应商选择效应与协作效应,揭示了外部关键供应商对企业创新的影响及其实现机制。研究发现:供应商选择标准对企业突破式创新的影响同时存在选择效应与协作效应,即供应商选择标准既可以直接影响企业突破式创新,又会通过影响供应商协作程度间接作用于突破式创新;供应商选择标准不会直接影响企业渐进式创新,而是通过供应商协作这一中介机制影响企业渐进式创新;与供应商关系型搜寻策略相比,市场型搜寻策略能够加强供应商选择效应,但这主要体现在对企业突破式创新的影响上。

The External Source of Innovation Advantage of Manufacturing Enterprise in China: Supplier Selection Effect or Collaboration Effect

The influencing factors of enterprise innovation has been a hot topic discussed in theory and practice. This study, using survey data from 167 manufacturing enterprises in China, empirically examines the innovation effect of supplier selection and collaboration under different innovation model, and reveals the influence of external key supplier on enterprise innovation and its realization mechanism. The empirical results show that the supplier selection criteria has both "selection effect" and "collaboration effect" on enterprise radical innovation, that is, the supplier selection criterion can directly affect enterprise radical innovation, and also have indirect effects on radical innovation through the influence of supplier collaboration. However, the impact of supplier selection criteria on enterprise incremental innovation mainly depends on the "collaboration effect", through the mediation mechanism of supplier collaboration. Compared with the supplier relationship-focused search strategy, the market-focused search strategy can enhance the supplier selection effect, but this is mainly reflected in the impact on enterprise radical innovation.