Effects of Network Closure on Cooperative Innovation: Evidence from Dongying's Petroleum Equipment Industry in China

作     者：MA Shuang ZENG Gang 

作者机构：Institute of Information Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences School of Urban and Regional ScienceEast China Normal University 

出 版 物：《Chinese Geographical Science》 (中国地理科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第29卷第3期

页      面：517-527页

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学科分类：0303[法学-社会学] 12[管理学] 120202[管理学-企业管理（含：财务管理、市场营销、人力资源管理）] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 1202[管理学-工商管理] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 0705[理学-地理学] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0704[理学-天文学] 0833[工学-城乡规划学] 

基　　金：Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41771143) Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project of Shanghai(No.2018EJL002) 

主　　题：network closure structural holes enterprise innovation petroleum equipment industry Dongying 

摘      要：There are two opposing viewpoints on which kind of network configuration provides a more competitive advantage, namely,network closure or structural holes, with the latter occupying the dominant position in the literature. Using social network analysis and negative binomial regression methods, we graph the co-patent network of Dongying s petroleum equipment industry in China and explore its impact on enterprise innovation. The analysis is based on 17 face-to-face interviews, 31 enterprise questionnaires, and 354 co-patent records from the China State Intellectual Property Office identifying cooperative innovation for the years 1988–2013. We find that this network is closed, controlled by state-owned enterprises, and its closure has positive effects on enterprise innovation performance. This may be related to China s unique industrial development history, state system and policies, regional culture and circumstances, and enterprise characteristics. Therefore, for some industries in specific regions, the advantages usually attributed to structural holes and open innovation may not necessarily apply.