知识转移对创新能力的影响：吸收能力与网络依赖的调节中介效应

The effects of knowledge transfer on innovation capability: A moderated mediation model of absorptive capability and network reliance

摘要:

知识转移是提高企业创新能力的重要方面之一。本研究探讨了知识转移影响创新能力的内在机制。为了揭示这一内在机制,本文分析了吸收能力和网络依赖的可调节的中介模式。利用218名管理者的调查数据,采用层次回归分析和Bootstrapping方法,对中介效应和调节效应进行了研究。研究结果表明,吸收能力对知识转移与创新能力之间的关系具有正向中介作用。网络依赖不仅正向调节吸收能力与创新能力之间的关系,而且正向调节整体中介模型。这说明网络依赖程度高的个体在积累了足够的商业知识后,具有更高的创新能力。基于这些发现,我们认为创新能力可以通过知识转移、吸收能力和网络依赖的复杂过程得到更有效的提升。

Abstract:

Knowledge transfer is one of the most important aspects of improving the enterprise’s innovation capability. This study investigates the internal mechanism through which knowledge transfer affects innovation capability. To reveal this internal mechanism, we propose a moderated mediation model of absorptive capability and network reliance. Using survey data from 218 managers in China, hierarchical regression analysis and bootstrapping analysis are used to investigate mediation and moderation effects. The results show that absorptive capability positively mediates the relationship between knowledge transfer and innovation capability. Moreover, network reliance positively moderates not only the relationship between absorptive capability and innovation capability but also the overall mediation model. This demonstrates that individuals with high network reliance have higher innovation capability when they have accumulated enough business knowledge. Based on these findings, we conclude that innovation capability may be promoted more effectively through the complex process of knowledge transfer, absorptive capability, and network reliance.