供应商网络技术异质性与企业知识获取：网络特征与吸收能力的调节作用

Suppliers’ Technology Heterogeneity and Knowledge Acquisition: The Moderating Effects of Network Features and Absorptive Ability

摘要:

供应商网络的技术异质性为企业的知识获取提供了可能性。本研究在供应商网络的情境下探讨了以下两个问题：(1)技术异质性与企业知识获取的关系如何？(2)技术异质性与知识获取间的关系受到哪些因素的影响？基于社会网络理论和吸收能力理论,研究了供应商网络技术异质性对企业知识获取的影响,并选取了供应商网络密度、关系强度和吸收能力作为调节变量构建了概念模型。基于202家中国制造企业的调查数据,得出以下结论：第一,技术异质性会促进知识获取。第二,关系强度与吸收能力正向调节技术异质性与知识获取的关系,网络密度不具有显著的调节作用。

Abstract:

Technology heterogeneity of supplier network provides possibilities for knowledge acquisition of the focal firm. This study explores the following two questions in the supplier network context: (1) what is the relationship between technology heterogeneity and knowledge acquisition? (2) what factors will affect the relationship between technology heterogeneity and knowledge acquisition? According to social network and absorptive ability theories, we demonstrate the impact of technology heterogeneity on knowledge acquisition, and future construct a conceptual model by adding network features, including network density, and relationship intensity, and absorptive ability as moderating variables. After OLS regressions on a survey data set of 202 Chinese manufacturing firms, the research draws two findings. First, technology heterogeneity facilitates knowledge acquisition. Second, relationship intensity and absorptive ability positively moderate the relationship between technology heterogeneity and knowledge acquisition, while network density does not have a significant moderating effect.