Latest ArticlesThis study aims to promote the diffusion of green technological innovation,and mitigate the dual pressures of energy shortages and environmental degradation on socio-economic development. We categorized the diffusion of green technological innovation into two stages: diffusion among cluster enterprises and diffusion of green innovation products among market consumers,based on the interactive relationship between innovation subjects and demand subjects. Given the heterogeneity of the diffusion network,a three-stage game model for diffusion of green technological innovation under heterogeneous supply-demand network environments was constructed,consisting of game players,evolutionary rules,and network structures. A representative case study was chosen for numerical simulation analysis. The research showed that government incentives for dissemination of green technological innovation among cluster enterprises and adoption of green products by consumers are notably affected by the cluster's organizational structure and the number of green innovative enterprises,respectively. Furthermore,the impact of these incentives diminishes as their scale increases,reflecting the principle of diminishing marginal returns. Compared to peripheral enterprises,core enterprises are more heavily influenced by the cluster's green innovation organizational structure when deciding to adopt green technology,and they demonstrate greater sensitivity to government subsidies and the maturity of green technology. Market demand for green products follows the principle of price competition,meaning that lowering prices can stimulate their adoption. Furthermore,technological maturity and environmental benefits of green products are key factors influencing their adoption. The stability of the green technology dissemination process is affected by the network structure of the dissemination group. Lowering research and development costs or product prices can effectively enhance this stability. The research findings have identified stable conditions favorable to the diffusion of green technological innovation and defined optimal government subsidy boundaries under specific conditions,and they will provide theoretical and practical guidance for enhancing diffusion efficiency.
The entry of technology enterprises serves as the innovation engine for achieving high-quality economic development. Utilizing a dataset that matches the registration information of industrial and commercial enterprises with 283 prefecture-level cities from 2004 to 2018,this paper adopted the establishment of the Yangtze River Delta Urban Economic Coordination Committee as a quasi-natural experiment,and used the machine learning method to identify the impact of unified market construction on the entry of technology enterprises. The results showed that the construction of a unified market significantly stimulates the increase in the number of technology enterprises and the enhancement of their scale,and the above promotion effect is particularly pronounced in samples characterized by smaller city size,higher financial constraints and weaker government innovation support. The mechanism analysis revealed that the construction of a unified market facilitates the entry of technology enterprises through the effects of talent agglomeration,technology agglomeration,and venture capital agglomeration. Further research uncovered that,in comparison with core cities,the construction of a unified market has a stronger effect on the number and scale of technology enterprises entering peripheral cities,thereby contributing to regional balanced development. The above findings have not only provided a novel perspective for understanding the economic effects of unified national market construction,but also provided insights for the in-depth promotion of unified national market construction and the formulation of policies aimed at regional balanced development.
With the deep integration of digitalization into urban development,it is crucial to systematically investigate the intricate relationship and underlying mechanisms between big data strategies and the advancement of new quality productive forces in cities to fully unleash their potential. Leveraging the quasi-natural experiment of national big data comprehensive pilot zone,this study employed the panel data from 277 prefecture-level cities spanning from 2009 to 2021 and adopted the difference-in-differences (DID) model to rigorously examine the impact of big data strategies on urban new quality productive forces and their underlying mechanisms. The findings revealed that the big data strategies significantly enhance new quality productive forces,with pronounced regional heterogeneity and temporal variation in policy effects. Specifically,the policy exhibits stronger promotional effects in eastern China compared to the central and western regions,and its impact is more substantial in early-policy-adopting cities than in late-policy-adopting cities. Through mediation analysis,we identified knowledge spillovers as the dominant mediating channel by which big data strategies contribute to the advancement of new quality productive forces. Further spatial econometric analysis confirmed a distinct spatial spillover effect. These conclusions will provide actionable insights for cultivating and developing new quality productive forces,while offering empirical support for advancing China's big data strategy to achieve the goals of "Digital China" and "Data Powerhouse".
The patent pledge financing policy is an important path to help enterprises to alleviate difficulties,which is of far-reaching significance for enterprises to optimize their asset structure and achieve high-quality development. However,there is a lack of research on the impact of patent pledge financing policies on the dynamic adjustment of corporate capital structure. This paper used a multi-period DID method to test the impact of patent pledge pilot policy on the dynamic adjustment of corporate capital structure based on the sample of China's A-share listed companies from 2001 to 2022. This paper found that the pilot policy of patent pledge can reduce the deviation of corporate capital structure. The mechanism analysis showed that the role of patent pledge pilot policy in reducing capital structure deviation is mainly achieved by alleviating financing constraints. The heterogeneity analysis showed that the reduction effect of patent pledge pilot policy on the deviation of corporate capital structure is more obvious in enterprises with non-state-owned nature,smaller scale and higher level of industry competition. From the perspective of adjustment speed,the patent pledge pilot policy can improve the speed of corporate capital structure adjustment;and after distinguishing the adjustment direction,it was found that the patent pledge pilot policy can not only improve the upward adjustment speed of corporate capital structure,but also improve the downward adjustment speed of corporate capital structure. From the perspective of adjustment methods,the patent pledge pilot policy mainly improves the speed of corporate capital structure adjustment through debt financing. This study will not only enrich the related research on the influencing factors of dynamic adjustment of enterprise capital structure and the economic effect of patent pledge policy,but also provide decision-making reference for further execution of the pilot work of patent pledge and optimization of the financing structure of enterprises.
The effective response to the paradoxical and unified contradictions in enterprise digital innovation is not only the premise for comprehensive realization of digital innovation but also an important issue for the development of new quality productive forces driven by digital innovation. However,the academic community currently lacks a systematic review of this knowledge framework. This paper adopted a bibliometric and systematic review method,by screening 108 relevant papers from high-level domestic and international journals to organize the enterprise digital innovation paradox. It constructed a research framework of "concept classification-causes-performance-response mechanisms". The main conclusions are as follows: first,the concept of enterprise digital innovation paradox is defined,forming a three-dimensional classification system of digital technology innovation paradox,digital market innovation paradox,and digital organizational innovation paradox;second,the causes and manifestations of enterprise digital innovation paradox are summarized in the technical,market,and organizational levels;and third,19 mechanisms for coping with digital innovation paradoxes are summarized from seven theoretical perspectives: dynamic capabilities,modularity,optimal differentiation,institutional logic,data ethics,paradoxical leadership,and organizational ambidexterity. Finally,the paper has further proposed potential paradoxical issues that may arise in the future,aiming to provide a detailed theoretical basis and analytical tools for subsequent research.
Promoting the deep integration of S&T innovation and industrial innovation through an enterprise-led innovation consortium is the key to make breakthroughs in key core technologies and accelerate the development of new quality productive forces. Based on the evolutionary game theory,this paper used the Matlab software to simulate and analyze the strategy selection of innovation subjects under changes in different parameters,revealing the dynamic evolution law according to which the S&T leading enterprises lead innovation consortium to make continuous breakthroughs in key core technologies. The research found that: (1) The government's willingness of participation is a critical factor influencing the cooperation among the innovation consortium members,with a particularly significant impact on S&T leading enterprises;Enhancing the participation willingness of S&T leading enterprises can influence the enthusiasm of member units to some extent,while conversely,increasing the participation willingness of member units has a minimal effect on the strategic choices of the government and S&T leading enterprises;(2) Compared with the incentive mechanism,a reasonable punishment mechanism can more effectively promote the continued participation and enthusiasm of each member of the innovation consortium in key core technology research;(3) The income from the transformation of S&T achievements significantly impacts the enthusiasm of the innovation consortium members to continue participating in key core technology research,with a particularly pronounced effect on S&T leading enterprises;(4) When all the subjects of the innovation consortium adopt a positive strategy,the willingness of S&T leading enterprises to participate increases with the increase of the success probability of the key core technology breakthroughs. However,if only one party is actively innovating,the other party are unlikely to choose active innovation,and the government will not choose a strategy that is highly involved in support. Finally,this paper proposed the following countermeasures and suggestions: strengthening a well-functioning government,improving an efficient market,cultivating powerful subjects,and building a tolerant society within an integrated four-in-one collaborative system. These measures will empower the innovation consortium led by S&T leading enterprises,stimulate the innovation vitality of multiple subjects,achieve continuous breakthroughs in key core technologies,and cultivate new quality productive forces and new kinetic energy.
Under the guidance of consolidating and improving the integrated national strategic system and capabilities,the dilemma of how to build organizational identity has become the focus of academic attention. This study selected a certain heavy truck enterprise as the research object,and deconstructed its organizational identity change process based on the meaning construction theory and cognitive schema theory. The results showed that: (1) Organizational identity follows the meaning construction process of "goal setting-perceived problem-identity response" and meaning construction has two functions: scanning environmental resources inside and outside the organization and guiding the transformation from imagination to cognition;(2) Organizational identity follows the meaning construction process of "goal setting-perceived problem-identity response";(3) Identity cognitive schema is the logical starting point of organizational identity change. With the evolution of the richness and relevance of identity cognitive schema,it provides enterprises with a new organizational identity more clearly and specifically. (4) The identity change of integrated organization shows a path transition from "single-point integrated organization identity" to "full-chain integrated organization identity" and then to "multi-dimensional integrated organization identity". The above conclusions will provide a basis for the construction of the mechanism model of enterprise organizational identity change in the process of integration,enrich the theoretical explanation of meaning construction theory and organizational identity change theory to military-civilian integration,and help to understand and deepen the internal law of building an integrated national strategic system and capacity development.
Spin-off,as an organizational change process in which parent company derive startups,is a long-term and holistic development strategy for incumbents. In today's dynamic and complex environment,whether incumbents can achieve innovation ambidexterity through spin-off is the key to ensuring their survival and sustainable development. Based on the "opportunity-motivation-ability" theoretical framework,this paper applied the QCA method to unveil the paths for incumbents to achieve innovation ambidexterity in the spin-off process. It was found that the six factors influencing the achievement of innovation ambidexterity of incumbents are the conjoint effects among six antecedents including policy and market opportunities,motivations of diversification strategy and organizational change,and abilities of resource acquisition and networking. Among these conditions,the strength of incumbents' abilities is the core condition for achieving innovation ambidexterity. When this condition is combined with other related conditions,there emerges the three paths for incumbents to achieve the one goal: innovation ambidexterity. One is the path with multiple equilibrium,in which incumbents actively lay out and fully utilize their abilities in the face of abundant external market opportunities. The second is the ability-driven path,in which incumbents rely on their strong ability endowments when the external opportunities are scarce. And the third is the opportunity-seizing path,in which incumbents seize opportunities by focusing on their main business and utilizing their own abilities when both policy and market opportunities are abundant. However,when the incumbents have weak abilities,even if they have strong motivations for diversification strategy and organizational change,or even if they are in a situation with abundant opportunities,they fail to achieve innovation ambidexterity mainly because of limited abilities. By clarifying the antecedents and their combined effects that affect incumbents to achieve innovation ambidexterity,this paper will provide useful reference and path guidance for undertaking corporate spin-off development.
With the intensification of global competition in S&T,there are a lot of breakpoints,blocking points and pain points in China's industrial chain,and the problem of low domestic substitution rate of key links is becoming increasingly prominent. It has become a topic of common concern in both academia and practice how to promote the SRDI enterprises with "unique skills" in the segmentation field to embed quickly into the industrial chain and realize their high-quality growth while empowering the industrial chain. Based on the theories of resource orchestration and enterprise growth,and from the perspective of two-way empowerment of the industry chain,this paper made a dual case study of two SRDI enterprises,and used the grounded theory and Nvivo software to encode the case data,aiming at exploring the internal mechanism of spiral high-quality growth of the SRDI enterprises. The research showed that the process of high-quality growth of SRDI enterprises includes three stages: precise positioning,high coupling and related expansion. In each stage,the complementing chain mechanism and strengthening chain mechanism co-evolve from the perspective of industrial chain empowerment,forming a spiral high-quality growth path that rises both horizontally and vertically,and they are interlocking link by link and progressing step by step. In order to achieve high-quality growth in terms of both "quality" and "quantity",enterprises need to deploy all dimensions of resource orchestration at each stage. Generally speaking,the importance of resource structuring is very high at all stages,and the importance of turning resources into capability and resource leveraging is gradually improved with the evolution of stages. This paper has not only deepened theoretically the research on the high-quality growth of enterprises in the context of China,but also considered the relationship between complementing chain mechanism and strengthening chain mechanism,and expanded the applicable context and boundary of industrial chain empowerment in the new situation. The research conclusion will have certain reference value for the SRDI enterprises to play a key role in the industrial chain.
Open-source projects,particularly those in the domain of artificial intelligence,have become vital carriers for firms to achieve digital technological breakthroughs. Yet,how to choose an appropriate license that can ensure the sustainable development of open-source projects remains an unsettled question. Based on a sample of 2,536,526 open-source projects from GitHub,this study constructed a theoretical model of the differential impacts of open-source license on the sustainability of open-source projects in the context of technological complexity and empirically tested it by using the negative binomial regression method. The results showed that: (1) the adoption of open-source license has a significant positive effect on the sustainable development of open-source projects,manifested as increases in user interest and development activeness;(2) compared to restrictive license,permissive license can promote the sustainable development of open-source projects to a larger extent;(3) the license with patent grant clause has a stronger promoting effect on the sustainable development of projects than that without such a clause;and (4) technological complexity positively moderates the relationship between open-source license and the sustainability of open-source projects. This study has revealed the boundary conditions under which open-source license affects the sustainable development of open-source projects,thus helping firms improve governance mechanisms of open-source projects oriented towards complex digital technologies and offering insights for building a sustainable and prosperous open-source ecosystem.