基于协同创新理论、企业升级理论与知识吸收能力理论,构建了都市圈协同创新、知识吸收能力与中小企业升级关系的概念模型。中原经济区428份问卷数据的研究结果表明,都市圈协同创新的战略协同、技术协同和组织协同均显著影响知识吸收能力和中小企业升级,知识吸收能力在都市圈协同创新驱动中小企业升级的影响中具有显著的调节作用。
The paper constructs conceptual model of the relationship among metropolitan region collaborative innovation, small and me- dium-sized enterprises (SMEs) upgrading and knowledge absorptive capacity. The results reveal that the dimensions of metropolitan re- gion collaborative innovation are positively related to knowledge absorptive capacity respectively and that the dimensions of collaborative innovation are positively related to SMEs upgrading respectively. The results also show that knowledge absorptive capacity has positively mediating role between metropolitan region collaborative innovation and SMEs upgrading.