企业规模是否对工艺创新具有积极的正向作用尚未有清晰的结论,文章通过对国内外研究成果的系统梳理和评述,研究了工艺创新与企业规模的关系,进一步的,文章探讨了技术后发企业的工艺创新随规模扩大而表现出的独特规律,突出体现了后发企业的创新是以工艺创新为主导的,强调了对工艺创新和企业规模的关系研究需要考虑不同的行业和企业背景。文章最后提出了三点未来研究的方向,弥补了工艺创新领域研究的不足。

Whether there is a positive effect of the firm size on process innovation has not yet a clear conclusion. Based on the summary and review of domestic and international research, this paper studied the relationship between process innovation and firm size. Further, this paper also discussed the unique pattern of process innovation of technological latecomers with the scale expansion. It emphasized innovation of technological latecomers is dominated by process innovation. It is essential to consider the background of industry and firm when studying the relationship between process innovation and firm size. Lastly, three key aspects for future research are proposed. This paper tends to make up the insufficiency of the existing research on process innovation.

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