The aim of this research is to highlight the role of manager's profile in the adoption of social innovation in industrial companies. It has used a quantitative methodology, with a questionnaire administered to 176 managers of Cameroonian industrial companies. The results of the hypotheses tests were derived from the multifactorial ANOVA and multiple linear regression analyses. The results show that among the sociodemographic profile variables, only the level of education and experience of the managers have a significant effect on social innovation, unlike gender and age which have no effect. In addition, the manager's personal values contribute to the adoption of social innovation through his ethical values and community ownership. The study therefore offers relevant implications for managers and owners of industrial companies who aspire to consider social innovation in their offerings to meet profitability objectives and create positive social impact.
{"title":"The effect of manager's profile on the social innovation in Cameroonian industrial companies","authors":"Hamza Seini, Math Mazra, Boubakari Abdouraman","doi":"10.1111/caim.12631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12631","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this research is to highlight the role of manager's profile in the adoption of social innovation in industrial companies. It has used a quantitative methodology, with a questionnaire administered to 176 managers of Cameroonian industrial companies. The results of the hypotheses tests were derived from the multifactorial ANOVA and multiple linear regression analyses. The results show that among the sociodemographic profile variables, only the level of education and experience of the managers have a significant effect on social innovation, unlike gender and age which have no effect. In addition, the manager's personal values contribute to the adoption of social innovation through his ethical values and community ownership. The study therefore offers relevant implications for managers and owners of industrial companies who aspire to consider social innovation in their offerings to meet profitability objectives and create positive social impact.","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142225470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gessica Mina Kim Jesus, Daniel Jugend, Paula de Camargo Fiorini, Glauco Henrique de Sousa Mendes
By fostering the flow of ideas, knowledge and technologies, open innovation can contribute to the implementation of the circular economy. However, despite the synergy between open innovation and the circular economy, and especially the support that open innovation can provide in overcoming the innovation and technological barriers associated with the transition to circular business models, there are still few studies investigating the relationship between these themes. With the aim of filling this research gap, the present study analysed how open innovation affects the implementation of the circular economy and the mediating role of Industry 4.0 technologies, using absorptive capacity as a moderating factor. The study analysed data collected from 163 companies operating in Brazil. The main findings indicate that (i) the use of open innovation practices is favourable to circular economy implementation; (ii) Industry 4.0 technologies have a positive impact on the adoption of the circular economy and mediate the relationship between open innovation and the circular economy; (iii) absorptive capacity does not demonstrably moderate the relationship between open innovation and the circular economy. The results of the study show that open innovation practices, such as collaboration with external actors and the co‐creation approach along with the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies, are positive for the implementation of the circular economy.
{"title":"Open innovation to scale up the circular economy: Exploring the mediating role of Industry 4.0 technologies","authors":"Gessica Mina Kim Jesus, Daniel Jugend, Paula de Camargo Fiorini, Glauco Henrique de Sousa Mendes","doi":"10.1111/caim.12629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12629","url":null,"abstract":"By fostering the flow of ideas, knowledge and technologies, open innovation can contribute to the implementation of the circular economy. However, despite the synergy between open innovation and the circular economy, and especially the support that open innovation can provide in overcoming the innovation and technological barriers associated with the transition to circular business models, there are still few studies investigating the relationship between these themes. With the aim of filling this research gap, the present study analysed how open innovation affects the implementation of the circular economy and the mediating role of Industry 4.0 technologies, using absorptive capacity as a moderating factor. The study analysed data collected from 163 companies operating in Brazil. The main findings indicate that (i) the use of open innovation practices is favourable to circular economy implementation; (ii) Industry 4.0 technologies have a positive impact on the adoption of the circular economy and mediate the relationship between open innovation and the circular economy; (iii) absorptive capacity does not demonstrably moderate the relationship between open innovation and the circular economy. The results of the study show that open innovation practices, such as collaboration with external actors and the co‐creation approach along with the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies, are positive for the implementation of the circular economy.","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142227700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The pursuit of a sustainable industry is facilitated by the evolution of diverse cooperative networks. There is a limited understanding of how industrial actors can collectively foster the continuity in learning required to address wicked problems of sustainability. This study explores how industry stakeholders collectively address this wicked problem by fostering innovation in ecosystems and identifies the critical features of an ecosystem practice that supports empowerment in evolving multi‐actor network settings. Employing an abductive approach, we integrate insights from the innovation literature with analyses of three empirical industrial ecosystem cases to enhance understanding of the internal dynamics inherent in collaborative innovation. This study elucidates the critical features of ecosystem practice, underscoring four key characteristics essential for empowerment. These characteristics hinge on the adept balance of the four identified critical features throughout the process of continuous innovating in ecosystems. We argue that such practices serve as catalysts for cross‐industry innovation, thus expediting transformation. This research contributes to understanding the self‐organizing dynamics needed for sustained learning in evolving collaboration settings where actors, their motivations and their roles change. It also advances innovation theory by illustrating how wicked problems can be collectively addressed through the continuous exploration and exploitation processes of ecosystems.
{"title":"Critical features of ecosystem practice empowering industrial sustainability transformation","authors":"Maaria Nuutinen, Katri Valkokari, Marko Jurmu","doi":"10.1111/caim.12630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12630","url":null,"abstract":"The pursuit of a sustainable industry is facilitated by the evolution of diverse cooperative networks. There is a limited understanding of how industrial actors can collectively foster the continuity in learning required to address wicked problems of sustainability. This study explores how industry stakeholders collectively address this wicked problem by fostering innovation in ecosystems and identifies the critical features of an ecosystem practice that supports empowerment in evolving multi‐actor network settings. Employing an abductive approach, we integrate insights from the innovation literature with analyses of three empirical industrial ecosystem cases to enhance understanding of the internal dynamics inherent in collaborative innovation. This study elucidates the critical features of ecosystem practice, underscoring four key characteristics essential for empowerment. These characteristics hinge on the adept balance of the four identified critical features throughout the process of continuous innovating in ecosystems. We argue that such practices serve as catalysts for cross‐industry innovation, thus expediting transformation. This research contributes to understanding the self‐organizing dynamics needed for sustained learning in evolving collaboration settings where actors, their motivations and their roles change. It also advances innovation theory by illustrating how wicked problems can be collectively addressed through the continuous exploration and exploitation processes of ecosystems.","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"77 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141933960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Design thinking (DT) is of growing interest to academics and practitioners as a practice to approach problem‐solving and innovation Its influence extends beyond the realms of innovation and corporate performance, yet a comprehensive overview of its multifaceted impact remains surprisingly elusive in DT research. Furthermore, explanations for how DT generates such impact are scattered and inadequately grounded in existing literature. Understanding DT impact, therefore, requires a more robust integration with existing literature, synthesizing interdisciplinary research streams. Conducting a systematic literature review to assemble and elucidate the current knowledge and theoretical foundations of DT and its impact, we following a rigourous search process. We screened 1035 publications and included 69 articles for our review. Synthesizing the theories underpinning these papers, we identified four theoretical mechanisms that explain the impact of DT—integration, reframing, enablement and collaborative engagement. We further provide a structured overview of four levels of DT impact that research has examined so far—organizations, teams, individuals and society. Our study advances innovation management research through a holistic overview of the what and how of DT impact. Furthermore, we provide three future perspectives for advancing research on DT impact, aiming to encourage further exploration and understanding in this critical area.
{"title":"The impact of design thinking and its underlying theoretical mechanisms: A review of the literature","authors":"Selina Mayer, Martin Schwemmle","doi":"10.1111/caim.12626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12626","url":null,"abstract":"Design thinking (DT) is of growing interest to academics and practitioners as a practice to approach problem‐solving and innovation Its influence extends beyond the realms of innovation and corporate performance, yet a comprehensive overview of its multifaceted impact remains surprisingly elusive in DT research. Furthermore, explanations for <jats:italic>how</jats:italic> DT generates such impact are scattered and inadequately grounded in existing literature. Understanding DT impact, therefore, requires a more robust integration with existing literature, synthesizing interdisciplinary research streams. Conducting a systematic literature review to assemble and elucidate the current knowledge and theoretical foundations of DT and its impact, we following a rigourous search process. We screened 1035 publications and included 69 articles for our review. Synthesizing the theories underpinning these papers, we identified four theoretical mechanisms that explain the impact of DT—integration, reframing, enablement and collaborative engagement. We further provide a structured overview of four levels of DT impact that research has examined so far—organizations, teams, individuals and society. Our study advances innovation management research through a holistic overview of the <jats:italic>what</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>how</jats:italic> of DT impact. Furthermore, we provide three future perspectives for advancing research on DT impact, aiming to encourage further exploration and understanding in this critical area.","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141772680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Harry Boer, René Chester Goduscheit, Tim Schweisfurth, Jeannette Visser‐Groeneveld
This editorial is the first in a new set‐up, in which we, as the editorial team of Creativity and Innovation Management, share with our community and wider readership our experiences, views and perspectives, expectations or questions we may have. The intention is to publish such an editorial every half year. The topic of this one: creativity, innovation and quality.
{"title":"The role of creativity and innovation in the quality of our lives, the planet and science","authors":"Harry Boer, René Chester Goduscheit, Tim Schweisfurth, Jeannette Visser‐Groeneveld","doi":"10.1111/caim.12628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12628","url":null,"abstract":"This editorial is the first in a new set‐up, in which we, as the editorial team of <jats:italic>Creativity and Innovation Management</jats:italic>, share with our community and wider readership our experiences, views and perspectives, expectations or questions we may have. The intention is to publish such an editorial every half year. The topic of this one: creativity, innovation and quality.","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141772776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gianluca Carella, Michele Melazzini, Cabirio Cautela, Francesco Zurlo
Design Thinking is increasingly used within organisations to achieve innovative results that give companies a competitive advantage. However, this is not an easily achievable result: companies face multiple obstacles that slow adoption and often force companies not to pursue adoption. The scientific community has not identified clear contributions that can help overcome the barriers discussed in the literature for years, giving the possibility to companies to boost Design Thinking adoption. By studying 10 private organisations that have adopted Design Thinking effectively, overcoming the main adoption obstacles, this study tries to identify which facilitators can be adopted to enable an effective adoption. This puts companies in a position to benefit from Design Thinking and achieve innovative performance. In any case, these represent complex notions to be even understood. As an additional result, the study recognises how game‐based formats enhance and facilitate the adoption mentioned above of Design Thinking within private organisations. The literature has already identified that game‐based formats facilitate the understanding and digestion of new concepts and procedures. This study expands the range of applications of gamified approaches in unconventional contexts and scope, verifying the benefits also in relation to Design Thinking. A new game‐based format has been designed for this research, which was also tested. The study demonstrates how the integration in the organisational culture of approaches such as Design Thinking through a gamified format represents one of the critical ways companies can embrace to face the internal tension of transformation, speeding up the adoption process to give companies the possibility to adopt innovation processes faster.
{"title":"Boosting Design Thinking adoption in organisations through a game‐based toolkit: A gamified approach in building facilitators to overcome Design Thinking adoption barriers","authors":"Gianluca Carella, Michele Melazzini, Cabirio Cautela, Francesco Zurlo","doi":"10.1111/caim.12627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12627","url":null,"abstract":"Design Thinking is increasingly used within organisations to achieve innovative results that give companies a competitive advantage. However, this is not an easily achievable result: companies face multiple obstacles that slow adoption and often force companies not to pursue adoption. The scientific community has not identified clear contributions that can help overcome the barriers discussed in the literature for years, giving the possibility to companies to boost Design Thinking adoption. By studying 10 private organisations that have adopted Design Thinking effectively, overcoming the main adoption obstacles, this study tries to identify which facilitators can be adopted to enable an effective adoption. This puts companies in a position to benefit from Design Thinking and achieve innovative performance. In any case, these represent complex notions to be even understood. As an additional result, the study recognises how game‐based formats enhance and facilitate the adoption mentioned above of Design Thinking within private organisations. The literature has already identified that game‐based formats facilitate the understanding and digestion of new concepts and procedures. This study expands the range of applications of gamified approaches in unconventional contexts and scope, verifying the benefits also in relation to Design Thinking. A new game‐based format has been designed for this research, which was also tested. The study demonstrates how the integration in the organisational culture of approaches such as Design Thinking through a gamified format represents one of the critical ways companies can embrace to face the internal tension of transformation, speeding up the adoption process to give companies the possibility to adopt innovation processes faster.","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141745193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lucrezia Sgambaro, Davide Chiaroni, Andrea Urbinati
The current linear economy has led to environmental pollution and resource depletion. To tackle these issues, a new economy model has emerged, namely the circular economy. Being a new economic model, the transition to a circular economy is particularly challenging for existing companies that have designed their business models and collaborations in a linear fashion. This aspect holds particularly true in resource‐intensive industries characterized by long value chains. Among these industries, the building one stands out as characterized by high resource consumption and complex value chains. We argue that in such an industry, the transition to circular economy calls for establishing collaborations between the different players involved to access external competences and engage in a new way the whole value chain. Open innovation enables to access these external competences and fosters collaboration throughout the whole value chain. Taking the façade of a building as a unit of analysis, we aimed at investigating how companies exploit open innovation to implement circular economy initiatives. To address this issue, we leverage the original open innovation framework developed by West & Bogers (2014) adapting it to the peculiarities of the circular economy transition. By applying the action research methodology to analyse the interplay between circular economy and open innovation in the building façade industry, we get evidence that open innovation plays a key role in enabling the transition towards circular economy in a façade‐as‐a‐service model. The need for external knowledge sources in circular product design is reported in order not to have mismatches throughout the product useful life. Besides, we point out the relevance of collaborations in circular economy transition to jointly design products and business models according to the circular economy principles.
当前的线性经济已导致环境污染和资源枯竭。为了解决这些问题，出现了一种新的经济模式，即循环经济。作为一种新的经济模式，向循环经济的过渡对于那些以线性方式设计商业模式和合作的现有企业来说尤其具有挑战性。这一点在以价值链长为特点的资源密集型产业中尤为明显。在这些行业中，以资源消耗量大、价值链复杂为特点的建筑业尤为突出。我们认为，在这样的行业中，向循环经济转型需要在不同的参与者之间建立合作关系，以获取外部能力，并以新的方式参与整个价值链。开放式创新能够获取这些外部能力，并促进整个价值链的合作。以建筑物外墙为分析单位，我们旨在研究企业如何利用开放式创新来实施循环经济计划。为了解决这个问题，我们利用了 West & Bogers（2014 年）开发的原始开放式创新框架，使其适应循环经济转型的特殊性。通过运用行动研究方法来分析建筑幕墙行业中循环经济与开放式创新之间的相互作用，我们得到的证据表明，在幕墙即服务模式中，开放式创新在实现循环经济转型方面发挥着关键作用。报告指出，在循环产品设计中需要外部知识来源，以避免产品在整个使用寿命期间出现不匹配。此外，我们还指出了在循环经济转型过程中开展合作，根据循环经济原则共同设计产品和商业模式的重要性。
{"title":"Fostering the transition towards circular economy through collaborations: An open innovation perspective in the building industry","authors":"Lucrezia Sgambaro, Davide Chiaroni, Andrea Urbinati","doi":"10.1111/caim.12623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12623","url":null,"abstract":"The current linear economy has led to environmental pollution and resource depletion. To tackle these issues, a new economy model has emerged, namely the circular economy. Being a new economic model, the transition to a circular economy is particularly challenging for existing companies that have designed their business models and collaborations in a linear fashion. This aspect holds particularly true in resource‐intensive industries characterized by long value chains. Among these industries, the building one stands out as characterized by high resource consumption and complex value chains. We argue that in such an industry, the transition to circular economy calls for establishing collaborations between the different players involved to access external competences and engage in a new way the whole value chain. Open innovation enables to access these external competences and fosters collaboration throughout the whole value chain. Taking the façade of a building as a unit of analysis, we aimed at investigating how companies exploit open innovation to implement circular economy initiatives. To address this issue, we leverage the original open innovation framework developed by West & Bogers (2014) adapting it to the peculiarities of the circular economy transition. By applying the action research methodology to analyse the interplay between circular economy and open innovation in the building façade industry, we get evidence that open innovation plays a key role in enabling the transition towards circular economy in a façade‐as‐a‐service model. The need for external knowledge sources in circular product design is reported in order not to have mismatches throughout the product useful life. Besides, we point out the relevance of collaborations in circular economy transition to jointly design products and business models according to the circular economy principles.","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141745191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wafa Said Mosleh, Izabelle Bäckström, Caterina Manfrini, Carina Leue‐Bensch
The awareness of employee‐driven innovation (EDI) and its strategic relevance to corporate development has recently increased. The implications of EDI are vigorously discussed in terms of inclusive approaches; particularly focussing on how managerial structures can enable employee participation. This paper focusses on game‐based formats to enhance such participation and explores what participation entails, when studied through a perspective of complex responsive processes. A qualitative study was carried out in a large European IT organization. The key finding in this paper is that EDI theory is grounded in a systemic perspective of participation. Game‐based EDI activities are argued to enhance participation, but EDI theory does not clarify how such game mechanics go beyond simply simulating pre‐planned procedures. This research argues that participation is the entanglement of many’ people's interactions and thereby not reducible to the notion of one cause, having one exact effect. By looking at game‐based EDI through a complex responsive process perspective, this paper proposes that EDI emerges in complex processes of social relating. This entails abandoning the idea that game‐based activities can be led by management's formal planning and control and instead moving towards the idea that playful participation is centred around the social nature of human interaction.
最近，人们对员工驱动型创新（EDI）及其与企业发展的战略相关性的认识有所提高。人们从包容性方法的角度对 EDI 的影响进行了热烈讨论，尤其关注管理结构如何促进员工参与。本文重点关注以游戏为基础的形式来加强这种参与，并从复杂反应过程的角度来探讨参与的内涵。本文在欧洲一家大型 IT 企业开展了一项定性研究。本文的主要发现是，电子数据交换理论以参与的系统性视角为基础。基于游戏的电子数据交换活动被认为可以提高参与度，但电子数据交换理论并没有阐明这种游戏机制如何超越简单地模拟预先计划的程序。本研究认为，参与是许多人互动的纠缠，因此不能简化为一个原因产生一个确切结果的概念。通过从复杂反应过程的角度来审视基于游戏的电子数据交换，本文提出电子数据交换是在复杂的社会关系过程中产生的。这就需要摒弃以游戏为基础的活动可以由管理层的正式规划和控制来主导的观点，转而认为游戏性参与是以人类互动的社会性为中心的。
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Andrey Abadzhiev, Alexandre Sukhov, Mikael Johnson
Sustainability transitions are a significant challenge that requires established industries to adopt innovative ways of doing business. Research suggests that while this is possible through business model innovation (BMI), risk avoidance by regime actors and high levels of future uncertainty act as barriers to successful transitions. Specifically, we lack knowledge about how established companies innovate their business model (BM) to reduce uncertainty related to sustainability transitions. We explore the case of a large forest-based manufacturing company in the construction industry, Stora Enso. We find that, by pursuing transformative BMI and combining multiple value creation logics, a company can reduce different types of uncertainty while shaping its business ecosystem towards more sustainable opportunities. We show that the BM can serve as an organizational tool for collectively exploring new knowledge, reducing uncertainty and driving change in a business ecosystem.
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This study delves into the bidirectional relationship between collaboration network stability (CS) and technological innovation performance (TIP), and the moderating effect of knowledge network characteristics. Using patent data gathered from China's biotechnology industry between 1985 and 2022, we develop a simultaneous equation model and employ a three-stage least squares estimation to explore the bidirectional relationship between CS and TIP, as well as to reveal the underlying moderating mechanisms. The results indicate that CS and TIP affect each other. The impact of CS on TIP has an inverted U-shape, and TIP exerts a negative impact on CS. Knowledge network stability (KS) and diversity (KD) weaken the inverted U-shaped influence of CS on TIP.
本研究探讨了协作网络稳定性（CS）与技术创新绩效（TIP）之间的双向关系，以及知识网络特征的调节作用。利用1985-2022年间中国生物技术产业的专利数据，我们建立了一个同步方程模型，并采用三阶段最小二乘法估计，探讨了CS与TIP之间的双向关系，并揭示了其背后的调节机制。结果表明，CS 和 TIP 相互影响。CS 对 TIP 的影响呈倒 U 型，TIP 对 CS 有负面影响。知识网络稳定性（KS）和多样性（KD）削弱了 CS 对 TIP 的倒 U 型影响。
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