Abstract: R&D boundary spanning has attracted a lot of attentions. The primly focus is on the mechanisms that drive innovation capability catching-up of latecomers in emerging market by R&D boundary spanning (i.e. Organizational, Geographical, and Knowledge). Integrating institutional theory and knowledge management theory, We propose that R&D organizational boundary spanning has an inversed U shape effect on innovation capability, while geographical and knowledge boundary spanning has positive effects on innovation capability. Moreover, knowledge base moderates the relationship between R&D boundary spanning and innovation capability. The data from a sample of 926 high-tech firms in China supports our hypothesis.

摘要： 关于研发网络边界拓展已经成为研究热点。本文聚焦于转型经济的后发企业研发网络组织、地理和知识边界拓展对创新能力追赶的影响这一核心研究问题，整合制度理论和知识管理理论，提出后发企业研发网络的组织边界拓展和创新绩效有着倒U型的关系。其次，后发企业研发网络地理边界拓展和技术创新绩效有着正向影响的关系。再次，后发企业研发网络知识边界拓展和技术创新绩效有着正向影响的关系。最后，企业内部知识基对后发企业研发网络组织边界拓展对创新绩效的影响存在调节作用。基于926家拥有浙江省高新技术研究开发中心的企业为样本两年数据的实证检验支持了本文的假设