Studies in Science of Science ›› 2025, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (11): 2370-2378.

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Iterative Innovation Patterns of SRDI Enterprises: A Multi-case Analysis Based on Different Innovation Contexts

  

  • Received:2024-10-09 Revised:2024-11-04 Online:2025-11-15 Published:2025-11-15

专精特新企业迭代创新模式研究———基于不同创新情境的多案例研究

赵兰香1,潘宏亮2   

  1. 1. 中国科学院科技政策与管理科学研究所
    2. 燕山大学
  • 通讯作者: 潘宏亮
  • 基金资助:
    数据要素赋能“专精特新”中小企业迭代创新研究

Abstract: Iterative innovation refers to the rapid development, feedback, and trial of products achieved by enterprises through micro focus, micro innovation, and micro iteration, in order to adapt to the constantly changing market environment and customer preferences. Therefore, the iterative innovation of SRDI enterprises has a significant characteristic of "small steps, fast running, and iterative approximation", and has become an important channel for the high-quality development of SRDI enterprises in the era of digital intelligence. The high-quality development of SRDI enterprises not only contributes to the development of new quality productivity, but also enhances the resilience of China's industrial and supply chains to facilitate the dual circulation of international and domestic markets. However, the differences in industry categories and innovation structures among SRDI enterprises in different industries will inevitably lead to differences in the allocation of innovation resources and trigger heterogeneity in iterative innovation. Therefore, it has become a consensus in academia that the heterogeneity of iterative innovation among numerous SRDI enterprises urgently needs to be explored. Existing literature has conducted extensive research on the antecedents, mechanisms, and consequences of the growth of SRDI enterprises, recognizing the important role of iterative innovation in business design, industrial design, and organizational design. However, there is a lack of in-depth research on the iterative innovation models of SRDI enterprises, and a lack of establishing connections between innovation contexts and iterative innovation models. In view of this, this article explores the iterative innovation patterns of SRDI enterprises and its matching with innovation contexts. By comparing the process and details of iterative innovation in the surveyed enterprises, two important contextual factors that affect the iterative innovation patterns of SRDI enterprises were first identified - external environment perception and innovation risk perception. Based on these two contextual factors, a 2*2 theoretical analysis framework was constructed. By scanning the iterative innovation process of the case enterprises in the data, the characteristics of iterative innovation in SRDI enterprises in different contexts were summarized, and four modes of iterative innovation in SRDI enterprises were extracted, namely: instant iteration, dual iteration, scenario iteration, and lean iteration. Instant iteration focuses on adapting to market changes through rapid product iteration, dual iteration emphasizes the dual characteristics of fast and slow iteration speed, scenario iteration focuses on applying core technologies to more scenarios, and lean iteration focuses on considering innovation investment costs and risks. Finally, this article chooses pattern matching technology to construct the relationship between context factors and the iterative innovation patterns of SRDI enterprises. The research conclusion expands the Y-shaped model for the growth of SRDI enterprises, providing specific guidance for them to deploy iterative innovation models according to different innovation scenarios, amplifying the "multiplier" effect of iterative innovation models for SRDI enterprises, forming more replicable experience methods, and creating a joint force to support integrated innovation development. This article extracts the iterative innovation patterns of SRDI enterprises in unique contexts, providing important references for SRDI enterprises in different industries to successfully implement iterative innovation based on their own contexts. It can also provide useful references for relevant government departments to formulate targeted policies to support the growth of SRDI enterprises.

摘要: 数智时代,迭代创新具有“小步快跑,迭代逼近”的特征,成为专精特新企业高质量发展的不二之选。然而,目前学界对专精特新企业迭代创新模式缺乏深入研究,聚焦外部环境感知和创新风险感知两个情境,选择四家分属不同情境的专精特新企业作为案例企业,探究专精特新企业迭代创新模式及其与情境的匹配。研究发现,外部环境感知和创新风险感知对专精特新企业迭代创新模式的选择产生重要影响;通过在数据资料中对案例企业迭代创新过程进行扫描,对不同情境下专精特新企业迭代创新的特征进行归纳,提炼出专精特新企业迭代创新的四种典型模式:即时迭代、双重迭代、场景迭代、精益迭代;并运用模式匹配技术创建了情境因素与专精特新企业迭代创新模式之间的关系。该结论可为不同领域内专精特新企业根据具体情境有效实施迭代创新模式提供理论指导。