The Impact of Collaborative Innovation Network Embedding on the Innovation Performance of Specialized, Sophisticated, Special and New Enterprises: A Moderated Mediation Model

Xingru Liu

doi:10.54097/tg87s162

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Xingru Liu

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https://doi.org/10.54097/tg87s162

Keywords:

Collaborative Innovation Network Embedding, Specialized, Sophisticated, Special and New Enterprises, Innovation Performance, Knowledge Integration, Government Support

Abstract

Based on the social network theory and knowledge-based theory, this paper deeply explores the impact of collaborative innovation network embedding on the innovation performance of specialized, sophisticated, special and new enterprises, and analyzes the mediating role of knowledge integration and the moderating role of government support. The research selects specialized, sophisticated, special and new enterprises in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai as research samples, and conducts an empirical analysis by adopting methods such as hierarchical regression. The results show that collaborative innovation network embedding has a significant positive impact on the innovation performance of specialized, sophisticated, special and new enterprises, in which structural embedding is conducive to obtaining resource information and relational embedding promotes the flow of tacit knowledge; knowledge integration plays a significant mediating role between network embedding and innovation performance; government support positively moderates the relationship between network embedding and innovation performance, for example, subsidies lower the participation threshold and tax incentives amplify knowledge spillovers. This study expands the theoretical boundary of the collaborative innovation network, constructs an institutional synergy theory for the innovation of specialized, sophisticated, special and new enterprises, and provides useful references for enterprise innovation management and government policy-making.

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