数字技术驱动下的企业开放式创新路径研究——基于fsQCA方法的组态效应分析

Research on the path of open innovation of enterprises driven by digital technology — analysis of configuration effect based on fsQCA method

摘要:

数字技术的广泛应用突破了企业传统的封闭式边界,加强了与其他创新主体之间的技术交流、信息沟通以及研发合作。然而,组织的弱边界性在一定程度上也会弱化企业的主导权和控制力,增加管理费用和业务运营冗余度,从而降低企业创新绩效。如何维持数字赋能系统过程中企业边界的稳定性和独立性推动创新持续性发展,帮助企业构建可持续发展的数字创新能力尚有待于进一步研究。本文应用模糊集定性比较分析方法(fsQCA)并结合制度理论,分析了多层面的组态效应对企业开放式创新绩效的多重并发机制和复杂因果路径。结论表明：企业领导力和知识产权管理分别从非正式制度和正式制度层面为解决数字赋能和制度逻辑差异外部性的负效应提供了思路,同时互补性资产是数字赋能开放式创新核心条件,本文的结论有助于拓展开放式创新研究视角,为有效提升企业创新绩效提供了启示。

Abstract:

The wide application of digital technology has broken through the traditional closed boundary of enterprises, and strengthened technical exchanges, information communication and R D cooperation with other innovative subjects. However, the weak boundary of the organization will also weaken the dominance and control of enterprises to some extent, increase the management cost and business operation redundancy, thereby reducing the innovation performance of enterprises. How to maintain the stability and independence of enterprise boundaries in the process of digital empowerment system to promote the sustainable development of innovation and help enterprises build the digital innovation capability of sustainable development remains to be further studied. This paper applies the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis method ( fsQCA ) and combines the institutional theory to analyze the multiple concurrent mechanisms and complex causal paths of the multi-level configuration effect on the open innovation performance of enterprises. The conclusion shows that enterprise leadership and intellectual property management provide ideas to solve the negative effects of digital empowerment and institutional logic difference externality from the informal system and formal system respectively. At the same time, complementary assets are the core conditions of digital empowerment open innovation. The conclusion of this paper helps to expand the research perspective of open innovation and provides enlightenment for effectively improving enterprise innovation performance.