Academic collaborations and firm innovation performance in China: The role of region-specific institutions
Academic collaborations and firm innovation performance in China: The role of region-specific institutions
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中国的学术合作和企业创新绩效：特定地区机构的作用
DOI：
10.1016/j.respol.2014.11.002
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发表时间：
2015-04-01
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影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Zhang, Mingshen
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作者：
Kafouros, Mario;Wang, Chengqi;Zhang, Mingshen
虽然先前的研究强调了学术合作在提高企业创新绩效方面的重要性，但主要集中在发达国家。因此，学术合作如何影响新兴国家的创新，这些国家在制度环境上与发达国家有着根本的不同，仍然不清楚。我们通过研究与大学和研究机构的合作如何影响中国新兴市场企业（EME）开发创新的能力，为这一文献做出了贡献。我们的分析挑战了一个国家内制度同质性的假设，表明制度在中国各地区以不同的方式演变。这种不平衡的制度演变影响了知识产权的执行、国际开放水平、各地区大学和研究机构的质量，从而影响了中国新兴市场从学术合作中受益的程度。我们的研究结果表明，地方制度差异对学术合作与企业创新绩效之间的关系有着深远的影响，说明了一些既定的假设在新兴国家（如中国）是不成立的，并提供了关于新兴市场如何提高其创新绩效的见解。(C)2014爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
Although prior research has highlighted the importance of academic collaborations in enhancing firms' innovation performance, it has largely focused on developed countries. As a result, how academic collaborations influence innovation in emerging countries, which differ fundamentally from developed countries in their institutional environment, remains unclear. We contribute to this literature by examining how collaborations with universities and research institutes influence the ability of Chinese emerging market enterprises (EMEs) to develop innovations. Our analysis challenges the assumption of institutional homogeneity within a given country, showing that institutions evolve in different ways across sub-national Chinese regions. This uneven institutional evolution affects the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs), the level of international openness, the quality of universities and research institutes across regions and thus the degree to which Chinese EMEs benefit from academic collaborations. Our findings reveal that sub-national institutional variations have a profound impact on the relationship between academic collaborations and firms' innovation performance, illustrate that some established assumptions are not valid in emerging countries, such as China, and offer insights into how EMEs can enhance their innovation performance. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.