Connection Characteristics of the Organizational Innovation Network and Firm's Innovation Quality:The Moderating Role of Knowledge Combination and Coordination Ability
Based on the jointly authorized invention patents in the fields of artificial intelligence and intelligent manufacturing equipment,an organizational innovation network and a knowledge network were constructed.Based on samples of high-tech firms from 2011 to 2020,this paper empirically analyzes the impact of inter-organizational connections on the firm's innovation quality by using the FGLS regression model.It also examines the moderating role of knowledge combination and coordination ability in the relationship between inter-organizational connections and the firm's innovation quality.The main conclusions of this paper are as follows:Direct connections positively affect the firm's innovation quality.Indirect connec-tions have a positive impact on the firm's innovation quality.Knowledge combination ability has an inverted U-shaped moderating effect on the relationship between direct connections and the firm's innovation quality.The relationships between direct connections and the firm's innovation quality,and indirect connections and the firm's innovation quality are positively moderated by knowledge coordination ability.