基于中国汽车产业2000—2011年的专利数据,依据企业间共同申请专利的行为识别相互的专利合作关系并构建专利合作网络,研究网络技术多样性对探索式创新的影响,以及考察网络结构特征对网络技术多样性与探索式创新关系的调节作用。结果表明:网络技术多样性显著正向影响探索式创新,网络密度和网络关系强度对网络技术多样性与探索式创新关系产生正向调节作用,中心度的调节作用不显著。
Based on patent data of the automobile industry during the period from 2000 to 2011 in China, we identify the patent coopera- tion mutual relations and construct a patent cooperation network according to the cooperative act of patent application between firms, then study the impact of network technological diversity on exploratory innovation, and thereafter investigate the moderating role of network structure to the relationship between network technological diversity and exploratory innovation. The results indicate that network techno- logical diversity has a positive and significant effect on exploratory innovation; network density and network tie strength have a positive moderating effect on the relationship between network technological diversity and exploratory innovation whereas the moderating role of centrality is not significant.